Bacterial plasmid having genes encoding enzymes for the degradation of aromatic compounds

ABSTRACT

A bacterial plasmid has been isolated from Pseudomonas CT14 comprising genes encoding enzymes implicated in aromatic ring cleavage. Additionally, the novel genes encoding proteins involved in mercury tolerance and plasmid stability and replication have been identified. The strain from which the plasmid was isolated is useful in a variety of methods including methods for the degradation of aromatic compounds, particularly catechols.

This application claims the benefit of U.S Provisional Application No. 60/167,062 filed Nov. 23, 1999.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention is in the field of bacterial plasmids. More specifically, a bacterial plasmid has been isolated which contains genes necessary for plasmid maintenance and for degrading aromatic compounds to small aliphatic molecules.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is well known that bacterial genes are sometimes located on plasmids (Actis et al., Front. Biosci. 4:D43-62 (1999); del Solar et al., Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 62:434-464 (1998)). Plasmids are not necessary for routine “housekeeping” functions in bacteria (e.g., DNA synthesis and protein synthesis). However, the genes on plasmids are often important in specialized environments. Antibiotic resistance genes and heavy metal resistance genes are examples of genes commonly found on plasmids. Although plasmids are similar in function to chromosomes as carriers of genes, plasmids can be distinguished from chromosomes. Plasmids are smaller than chromosomes and encode functions that are dedicated to plasmid replication. Each type of plasmid has a distinct ori sequence and rep gene(s) for initiation of replication. These sequences constitute the minimum requirements for a functional, replicating plasmid. Fu et al. (Mol Gen Genet 250:699-704 (1996); Plasmid 38:141-147 (1997)) has reported RepA protein that has replication initiation and transcription repression function.

The genetic information for degradation of aromatic chemicals is also frequently located on plasmids in bacteria (Assinder and Williams, Adv. Microb. Physiol. 31:2-69 (1990)). The well-characterized TOL plasmid pWWO is typical of many bacterial plasmids that have genes for degradation of aromatic compounds (Assinder and Williams, Adv. Microb. Physiol. 31:2-69 (1990)). Plasmid pWWO is 117 kb in size, is transmissible, and belongs to the broad host range IncP-9 incompatibility group of plasmids. The pWWO xyl genes encode enzymes for metabolism of toluene, m-xylene, and p-xylene.

Understanding the make-up of bacterial plasmids derived form species known to participate in degradative reactions is key to the design of more effective degrading species. Because of their ease of transmission, bacterial plasmids are useful tools for moving degradative genes into hosts. Additionally, because they are so promiscuous, many plasmids carry genes that have been adapted for expression in hosts other than the species from which the plasmid has been isolated.

In spite of the utility of bacterial plasmids, few have been fully characterized. There remains a need therefor for bacterial plasmids comprising genes encoding degradative enzymes whose replication and stability functions are understood and may be manipulated for the broad spectrum expression of degradative genes. Applicants have met this need by the discovery and isolation of a plasmid, CT14 from a Pseudomonas sp. carrying genes necessary for replication and stability in a host as well as genes encoding enzymes for the degradation of various aromatic substrates including catechols and other intermediates in the toluene degradative pathway.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, and SEQ ID NO:10; (b) an isolated nucleic acid fragment that is substantially similar to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:6, and SEQ ID NO:10; (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes with (a) under the following hybridization conditions: 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; and (d) an isolated nucleic acid fragment that is complementary to (a), (b) or (c). Preferred nucleic acid fragments are those that have about 90% identity to the nucleic acid fragment selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:9. The present invention additionally provides polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid fragment of the bacterial aromatic ring opening genes.

The invention also provides a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme comprising: (a) probing a genomic library with the nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme; (b) identifying a DNA clone that hybridizes with the nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme under the following conditions; 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; and (c) optionally sequencing the genomic fragment that comprises the clone identified in step (b), wherein the sequenced genomic fragment encodes all or substantially all of an amino acid sequence encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme.

Alternatively the present invention provides a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme comprising: (a) synthesizing at least one oligonucleotide primer corresponding to a portion of the sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, and SEQ ID NO:7; and (b) amplifying an insert present in a cloning vector using the oligonucleotide primer of step (a); wherein the amplified insert encodes a portion of an amino acid sequence encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme.

The present invention additionally provides an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial glutathione-S transferase selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8; (b) an isolated nucleic acid fragment that is substantially similar to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence set forth SEQ ID NO:8; (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes with (a) under the following hybridization conditions: 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; (d) an isolated nucleic acid fragment having at least 69% identity with the amino acid as set forth in SEQ ID NO:8; and (e) an isolated nucleic acid fragment that is complementary to (a), (b), (c) or (d). The invention additionally provides methods for the obtaining nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of a bacterial glutathione-S transferase protein by method of hybridization or primer directed amplification. Additionally, the present invention provides polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid fragment of the GST genes.

In similar fashion the invention provides an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial plasmid maintenance protein selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20 and SEQ ID NO:22; (b) an isolated nucleic acid fragment that is substantially similar to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18, SEQ ID NO:20 and SEQ ID NO:22; (c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes with (a) under the following hybridization conditions: 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; and (d) an isolated nucleic acid fragment that is complementary to (a), (b) or (c). Preferred nucleic acids encoding a bacterial plasmid conjugation protein are those having 90% identity to the nucleic acid fragment selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:19, and SEQ ID NO:21. Methods for obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of a bacterial plasmid maintenance protein are also provided employing nucleic acid hybridization or primer directed amplification. The present invention additionally provides polypeptides encoded by the isolated nucleic acid fragment of the bacterial plasmid maintenance proteins.

The present invention additionally provides chimeric genes comprising suitable regulatory sequences operably linked to the instant sequences. The chimeric genes may be used of transform suitable host cells including bacteria, yeast, and filamentous fungi.

The invention further provides a method for the degradation of a catechol substrate comprising contacting a transformed host cell under suitable growth conditions with an effective amount of catechol substrate whereby the catechol substrate is degraded, said transformed host cell comprising a nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial catechol dioxygenase as set forth in SEQ ID NO:4 under the control of suitable regulatory sequences.

Additionally the invention provides a method for the degradation of a semialdehyde substrate comprising contacting a transformed host cell under suitable growth conditions with an effective amount of catechol substrate whereby the semialdehyde substrate is degraded, said transformed host cell comprising a nucleic acid fragment encoding a dehydrogenase as set forth in SEQ ID NO:6 under the control of suitable regulatory sequences.

In similar fashion the invention provides a method for the degradation of a substrate selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxypent-2,4-dienoate, methyl-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde and chloro-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde comprising contacting a transformed host cell under suitable growth conditions with an effective amount of said substrate whereby the substrate is degraded, said transformed host cell comprising a nucleic acid fragment encoding a dehydrogenase as set forth in SEQ ID NO:10 under the control of suitable regulatory sequences.

The invention further provides the bacterial strain CT14 comprising the plasmid pCT14. The bacterial strain CT14 is useful in a method for the degradation of aromatic compounds comprising contacting the strain with an aromatic compound under suitable growth conditions wherein the aromatic compounds is degraded. Similarly CT14 is useful in a method of reducing the level of mercury in a mercury contaminated environment comprising a cell containing the plasmid pCT14 under suitable growth conditions whereby the level of mercury in the contaminate environment is reduced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS, SEQUENCE DESCRIPTIONS

FIG. 1 describes a method for shearing DNA with modified Aeromist Treatment set.

FIG. 2 is a plasmid map showing all ORFs in pCT14.

FIG. 3 illustrates the key ring opening reactions effected by enzymes encoded by ORF's 1, 2, 4, and 7.

The invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying sequence descriptions which form a part of this application.

Applicant(s) have provided 26 sequences in conformity with 37 C.F.R. 1.821-1.825 (“Requirements for Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide Sequences and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures—the Sequence Rules”) and consistent with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standard ST.25 (1998) and the sequence listing requirements of the EPO and PCT (Rules 5.2 and 49.5(a-bis), and Section 208 and Annex C of the Administrative Instructions). The symbols and format used for nucleotide and amino acid sequence data comply with the rules set forth in 37 C.F.R. §1.822.

SEQ ID NO:1 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 1 encoding a ferredoxin protein.

SEQ ID NO:2 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the ferredoxin protein encoded by ORF 1.

SEQ ID NO:3 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 2 encoding a dioxygenase protein.

SEQ ID NO:4 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the dioxygenase protein encoded by ORF 2.

SEQ ID NO:5 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 4 encoding a dehydrogenase protein.

SEQ ID NO:6 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the dehydrogenase protein encoded by ORF 4.

SEQ ID NO:7 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 5 encoding a glutathione-S transferase protein.

SEQ ID NO:8 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the glutathione-S transferase protein encoded by ORF 5.

SEQ ID NO:9 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 7 encoding a hydratase protein.

SEQ ID NO:10 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the hydratase protein encoded by ORF 7.

SEQ ID NO:11 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 23 encoding a trai protein for plasmid site specific recombination.

SEQ ID NO:12 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the traI protein encoded by ORF 23.

SEQ ID NO:13 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 24 encoding the traJ protein for plasmid site specific recombination.

SEQ ID NO:14 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the traJ protein encoded by ORF 24.

SEQ ID NO:15 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 25 encoding a traK protein for plasmid site specific recombination.

SEQ ID NO:16 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the traK protein encoded by ORF 25.

SEQ ID NO:17 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 33 encoding a vagD protein.

SEQ ID NO:18 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the vagD protein encoded by ORF 33.

SEQ ID NO:19 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 34 encoding the vagC protein.

SEQ ID NO:20 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the vagC protein encoded by QRF 34.

SEQ ID NO:21 is the nucleotide sequence of ORF 38 encoding a rep protein for control of plasmid replication.

SEQ ID NO:22 is the deduced amino acid sequence of the rep protein encoded by ORF 38.

SEQ ID NO:23 is the complete sequence of the CT14 plasmid.

SEQ ID NOs:24-26 correspond to primers used in the isolation of the instant ORF's.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides nucleotide sequences of genes from a bacterial plasmid and the nucleotide sequence of the plasmid. The bacterial plasmid is designated pCT14 and was isolated from a wastewater bacterial Pseudomonas strain designated CT14. Plasmid pCT14 comprises a set of contiguous genes and regulatory sequences that encode and control several functions including, but not limited to, plasmid replication, partitioning of replicated plasmids to daughter cells during cell division, degradation of aromatic compounds, transposition of insertion sequences and transposons, and resistance to mercury. The functions of pCT14 nucleotide sequences and gene products have been deduced by comparing pCT14 sequences to nucleotide sequences and protein sequences in databases such as GenBank. Some genes included in the pCT14 set of genes, and the protein sequences encoded by those nucleotide sequences have recognizable sequence motifs but have only low homology to any sequence known in the prior art. These specific nucleotide sequences, genes, and gene products comprise unique or novel nucleotide segments, genes and/or gene products.

One group of unique nucleotide sequences, genes, and gene products in this invention includes those that are necessary for replication (orf 38:rep). The ORFs 33 and 34 (vagC and vagD, respectively) encode proteins that contribute to plasmid stability by ensuring that plasmid copies segregate to daughter cells during cell division.

Another group of unique nucleotide sequences, genes, and gene products in this invention include those that are involved in aromatic ring cleavage and degradation of the ring cleavage product to aliphatic compounds (ORFs 1-4, and ORF 7). ORF 1 encodes a chloroplast-type ferredoxin. It is likely that this protein reactivates catechol 2,3-dioxygenase that has been damaged by reactive forms of oxygen (Hugo et al. J Biol Chem 273:9622-9629 (1998)). ORF 2 encodes catechol 2,3-dioxygenase. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase acts upon catechol and/or substituted catechols to form hydroxymuconic semialdehyde or a substituted hydroxymuconic semialdehyde. ORF 4 encodes 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase. 2-Hydroxymuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase acts upon 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde to form 4-oxalocrotonate (enol) ORF 7 encodes 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate hydratase. 2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate hydratase acts upon 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate to form 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate.

Other gene sequences in this invention include ORF 5 and ORFs 23-25. ORF 5 encodes a glutathione-S-transferase. ORFs 23-25 encode proteins that are involved in DNA transfer during conjugation.

In this disclosure, a number of terms and abbreviations are used. The following definitions are provided.

“Open reading frame” is abbreviated ORF.

“Polymerase chain reaction” is abbreviated PCR.

The term “bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme”, or “ring cleavage pathway enzyme” refers to an enzyme or set of enzymes acting either singly or in concert to degrade aromatic compounds to small aliphatic molecules. Bacterial aromatic ring opening enzymes of the present invention are particularly useful for the degradation of catechols and catechol degradation intermediates.

As used herein the term “bacterial ferredoxin” or “bacterial ferredoxin protein” refers to an enzyme capable of reactivating other bacterial aromatic ring opening enzymes. The bacterial ferredoxin of the present invention, encoded by ORF 1 (SEQ ID NOs:1 and 2), is particularly suitable for the reactivation of the catechol dioxygenase enzyme encoded by ORF 2 (SEQ ID NOs:3 and 4).

The term “bacterial catechol dioxygenase” refers to a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme capable of the bioconversion of a catechol substrate to the corresponding hydroxy-semialdehyde. “Catechol substrates” of the present invention are those substrates that are acted upon by a bacterial catechol dioxygenase and include catechols, methyl catechols, halogen substituted catechols and compounds such as protocatechuate.

The term “bacterial dehydrogenase” or “bacterial hydroxymuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase” refers to a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme capable of the bioconversion of a semialdehyde substrate such as 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde to 4-oxalocrotonate (enol). The bacterial dehydrogenase of the present invention is encoded by ORF 4 (SEQ ID NOs:5 and 6). “Semialdehyde substrates” are any substrates that are acted upon by a bacterial dehydrogenase and include for example 2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde, methyl-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde and chloro-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde.

There term “bacterial hydratase” or “2-oxopent-4-enoate hydratase” refers to an enzyme capable of the bio conversion of dienoates such as 2-hydroxypent-2,4-dienoate to the corresponding valerates. The bacterial dehydratase of the present invention is encoded by ORF 7 (SEQ ID NOs:9 and 10), and typically act on substrates such as 2-hydroxypent-2,4-dienoate, methyl-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde and chloro-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde.

The term “bacterial of glutathione-S-transferase” or “bacterial GST” refers to a gene of the family of glutathione-S-transferases involved in catalyzing the conjugation of glutathione, homoglutathione and other glutathione-like analog via sulfhydryl group, to a large range of hydrophobic and electrophilic compounds. The bacterial GST of the present invention is encoded by ORF 5 (SEQ ID NOs:7 and 8).

The term “pCT14” refers to a 54 kb bacterial plasmid comprising genes for plasmid maintenance and encoding enzymes involved in aromatic ring opening reactions.

There term “CT14” refers to a wastewater strain of Pseudomonas comprising the bacterial plasmid pCT14.

The term “bacterial plasmid maintenance protein” refers to a variety of proteins necessary for the replication, conjugation and stability of the present bacterial plasmid. For example the rep gene encodes a plasmid origin of replication useful for the replication of the CT14 plasmid. The traI, traJ and traK genes are members of a family of genes involved in plasmid conjugation. These genes are responsible for encoding the corresponding TRA proteins which are referred to herein as “bacterial plasmid conjugation proteins”. Similarly the vagD and vagC genes belong to a family of genes known to be involved in maintaining the stability of the plasmid in the bacterial host. These genes encode the corresponding VAG proteins which are referred to herein as “bacterial plasmid stabilization proteins”.

As used herein, an “isolated nucleic acid fragment” is a polymer of RNA or DNA that is single- or double-stranded, optionally containing synthetic, non-natural or altered nucleotide bases. An isolated nucleic acid fragment in the form of a polymer of DNA may be comprised of one or more segments of cDNA, genomic DNA or synthetic DNA.

As used herein, “substantially similar” refers to nucleic acid fragments wherein changes in one or more nucleotide bases results in substitution of one or more amino acids, but do not affect the functional properties of the protein encoded by the DNA sequence. “Substantially similar” also refers to nucleic acid fragments wherein changes in one or more nucleotide bases does not affect the ability of the nucleic acid fragment to mediate alteration of gene expression by antisense or co-suppression technology. “Substantially similar” also refers to modifications of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention such as deletion or insertion of one or more nucleotide bases that do not substantially affect the functional properties of the resulting transcript. It is therefore understood that the invention encompasses more than the specific exemplary sequences.

For example, it is well known in the art that alterations in a gene which result in the production of a chemically equivalent amino acid at a given site, but do not effect the functional properties of the encoded protein are common. For the purposes of the present invention substitutions are defined as exchanges within one of the following five groups:

1. Small aliphatic, nonpolar or slightly polar residues: Ala, Ser, Thr (Pro, Gly);

2. Polar, negatively charged residues and their amides: Asp, Asn, Glu, Gln;

3. Polar, positively charged residues: His, Arg, Lys;

4. Large aliphatic, nonpolar residues: Met, Leu, Ile, Val (Cys); and

5. Large aromatic residues: Phe, Tyr, Trp.

Thus, a codon for the amino acid alanine, a hydrophobic amino acid, may be substituted by a codon encoding another less hydrophobic residue (such as glycine) or a more hydrophobic residue (such as valine, leucine, or isoleucine). Similarly, changes which result in substitution of one negatively charged residue for another (such as aspartic acid for glutamic acid) or one positively charged residue for another (such as lysine for arginine) can also be expected to produce a functionally equivalent product.

In many cases, nucleotide changes which result in alteration of the N-terminal and C-terminal portions of the protein molecule would also not be expected to alter the activity of the protein. The skilled artisan recognizes that substantially similar sequences encompassed by this invention are also defined by their ability to hybridize, under stringent conditions (0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS), with the sequences exemplified herein. Preferred substantially similar nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention are those nucleic acid fragments whose DNA sequences are at least 80% identical to the DNA sequence of the nucleic acid fragments reported herein. More preferred nucleic acid fragments are at least 90% identical to the DNA sequence of the nucleic acid fragments reported herein. Most preferred are nucleic acid fragments that are at least 95% identical to the DNA sequence of the nucleic acid fragments reported herein.

A nucleic acid molecule is “hybridizable” to another nucleic acid molecule, such as a cDNA, genomic DNA, or RNA, when a single stranded form of the nucleic acid molecule can anneal to the other nucleic acid molecule under the appropriate conditions of temperature and solution ionic strength. Hybridization and washing conditions are well known and exemplified in Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor (1989), particularly Chapter 11 and Table 11.1 therein (entirely incorporated herein by reference). The conditions of temperature and ionic strength determine the “stringency” of the hybridization. Stringency conditions can be adjusted to screen for moderately similar fragments, such as homologous sequences from distantly related organisms, to highly similar fragments, such as genes that duplicate functional enzymes from closely related organisms. Post-hybridization washes determine stringency conditions. One set of preferred conditions uses a series of washes starting with 6×SSC, 0.5% SDS at room temperature for 15 min, then repeated with 2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at 45° C. for 30 min, and then repeated twice with 0.2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at 50° C. for 30 min. A more preferred set of stringent conditions uses higher temperatures in which the washes are identical to those above except for the temperature of the final two 30 min washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.5% SDS was increased to 60° C. Another preferred set of highly stringent conditions uses two final washes in 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65° C. Hybridization requires that the two nucleic acids contain complementary sequences, although depending on the stringency of the hybridization, mismatches between bases are possible. The appropriate stringency for hybridizing nucleic acids depends on the length of the nucleic acids and the degree of complementation, variables well known in the art. The greater the degree of similarity or homology between two nucleotide sequences, the greater the value of Tm for hybrids of nucleic acids having those sequences. The relative stability (corresponding to higher Tm) of nucleic acid hybridizations decreases in the following order: RNA:RNA, DNA:RNA, DNA:DNA. For hybrids of greater than 100 nucleotides in length, equations for calculating Tm have been derived (see Sambrook et al., supra, 9.50-9.51). For hybridizations with shorter nucleic acids, i.e., oligonucleotides, the position of mismatches becomes more important, and the length of the oligonucleotide determines its specificity (see Sambrook et al., supra, 11.7-11.8). In one embodiment the length for a hybridizable nucleic acid is at least about 10 nucleotides. Preferable a minimum length for a hybridizable nucleic acid is at least about 15 nucleotides; more preferably at least about 20 nucleotides; and most preferably the length is at least 30 nucleotides. Furthermore, the skilled artisan will recognize that the temperature and wash solution salt concentration may be adjusted as necessary according to factors such as length of the probe.

A “substantial portion” of an amino acid or nucleotide sequence comprising enough of the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide or the nucleotide sequence of a gene to putatively identify that polypeptide or gene, either by manual evaluation of the sequence by one skilled in the art, or by computer-automated sequence comparison and identification using algorithms such as BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Altschul, S. F., et al., (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410; see also www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/). In general, a sequence of ten or more contiguous amino acids or thirty or more nucleotides is necessary in order to putatively identify a polypeptide or nucleic acid sequence as homologous to a known protein or gene. Moreover, with respect to nucleotide sequences, gene specific oligonucleotide probes comprising 20-30 contiguous nucleotides may be used in sequence-dependent methods of gene identification (e.g., Southern hybridization) and isolation (e.g., in situ hybridization of bacterial colonies or bacteriophage plaques). In addition, short oligonucleotides of 12-15 bases may be used as amplification primers in PCR in order to obtain a particular nucleic acid fragment comprising the primers. Accordingly, a “substantial portion” of a nucleotide sequence comprises enough of the sequence to specifically identify and/or isolate a nucleic acid fragment comprising the sequence. The instant specification teaches partial or complete amino acid and nucleotide sequences encoding one or more particular microbial proteins. The skilled artisan, having the benefit of the sequences as reported herein, may now use all or a substantial portion of the disclosed sequences for purposes known to those skilled in this art. Accordingly, the instant invention comprises the complete sequences as reported in the accompanying Sequence Listing, as well as substantial portions of those sequences as defined above.

The term “complementary” is used to describe the relationship between nucleotide bases that are capable to hybridizing to one another. For example, with respect to DNA, adenosine is complementary to thymine and cytosine is complementary to guanine. Accordingly, the instant invention also includes isolated nucleic acid fragments that are complementary to the complete sequences as reported in the accompanying Sequence Listing as well as those substantially similar nucleic acid sequences.

The term “percent identity”, as known in the art, is a relationship between two or more polypeptide sequences or two or more polynucleotide sequences, as determined by comparing the sequences. In the art, “identity” also means the degree of sequence relatedness between polypeptide or polynucleotide sequences, as the case may be, as determined by the match between strings of such sequences. “Identity” and “similarity” can be readily calculated by known methods, including but not limited to those described in: Computational Molecular Biology (Lesk, A. M., ed.) Oxford University Press, New York (1988); Biocomputing: Informatics and Genome Projects (Smith, D. W., ed.) Academic Press, New York (1993); Computer Analysis of Sequence Data, Part I (Griffin, A. M., and Griffin, H. G., eds.) Humana Press, New Jersey (1994); Sequence Analysis in Molecular Biology (von Heinje, G., ed.) Academic Press (1987); and Sequence Analysis Primer (Gribskov, M. and Devereux, J., eds.) Stockton Press, New York (1991). Preferred methods to determine identity are designed to give the best match between the sequences tested. Methods to determine identity and similarity are codified in publicly available computer programs. Sequence alignments and percent identity calculations may be performed using the Megalign program of the LASERGENE bioinformatics computing suite (DNASTAR Inc., Madison, Wis.). Multiple alignment of the sequences was performed using the Clustal method of alignment (Higgins and Sharp (1989) CABIOS. 5:151-153) with the default parameters (GAP PENALTY=10, GAP LENGTH PENALTY=10). Default parameters for pairwise alignments using the Clustal method were KTUPLE 1, GAP PENALTY=3, WINDOW=5 and DIAGONALS SAVED=5.

Suitable nucleic acid fragments (isolated polynucleotides of the present invention) encode polypeptides that are at least about 70% identical, preferably at least about 80% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Preferred nucleic acid fragments encode amino acid sequences that are about 85% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. More preferred nucleic acid fragments encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 90% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Most preferred are nucleic acid fragments that encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 95% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Suitable nucleic acid fragments not only have the above homologies but typically encode a polypeptide having at least 50 amino acids, preferably at least 100 amino acids, more preferably at least 150 amino acids, still more preferably at least 200 amino acids, and most preferably at least 250 amino acids.

“Codon degeneracy” refers to divergence in the genetic code permitting variation of the nucleotide sequence without affecting the amino acid sequence of an encoded polypeptide. Accordingly, the instant invention relates to any nucleic acid fragment that encodes all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence encoding the instant bacterial polypeptides as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22. The skilled artisan is well aware of the “codon-bias” exhibited by a specific host cell in usage of nucleotide codons to specify a given amino acid. Therefore, when synthesizing a gene for improved expression in a host cell, it is desirable to design the gene such that its frequency of codon usage approaches the frequency of preferred codon usage of the host cell.

“Synthetic genes” can be assembled from oligonucleotide building blocks that are chemically synthesized using procedures known to those skilled in the art. These building blocks are ligated and annealed to form gene segments which are then enzymatically assembled to construct the entire gene. “Chemically synthesized”, as related to a sequence of DNA, means that the component nucleotides were assembled in vitro. Manual chemical synthesis of DNA may be accomplished using well established procedures, or automated chemical synthesis can be performed using one of a number of commercially available machines. Accordingly, the genes can be tailored for optimal gene expression based on optimization of nucleotide sequence to reflect the codon bias of the host cell. The skilled artisan appreciates the likelihood of successful gene expression if codon usage is biased towards those codons favored by the host. Determination of preferred codons can be based on a survey of genes derived from the host cell where sequence information is available.

“Gene” refers to a nucleic acid fragment that expresses a specific protein, including regulatory sequences preceding (5′ non-coding sequences) and following (3′ non-coding sequences) the coding sequence. “Native gene” refers to a gene as found in nature with its own regulatory sequences. “Chimeric gene” refers any gene that is not a native gene, comprising regulatory and coding sequences that are not found together in nature. Accordingly, a chimeric gene may comprise regulatory sequences and coding sequences that are derived from different sources, or regulatory sequences and coding sequences derived from the same source, but arranged in a manner different than that found in nature. “Endogenous gene” refers to a native gene in its natural location in the genome of an organism. A “foreign” gene refers to a gene not normally found in the host organism, but that is introduced into the host organism by gene transfer. Foreign genes can comprise native genes inserted into a non-native organism, or chimeric genes. A “transgene” is a gene that has been introduced into the genome by a transformation procedure.

“Coding sequence” refers to a DNA sequence that codes for a specific amino acid sequence. “Suitable regulatory sequences” refer to nucleotide sequences located upstream (5′ non-coding sequences), within, or downstream (3′ non-coding sequences) of a coding sequence, and which influence the transcription, RNA processing or stability, or translation of the associated coding sequence. Regulatory sequences may include promoters, translation leader sequences, introns, polyadenylation recognition sequences, RNA processing site, effector binding site and stem-loop structure.

“Promoter” refers to a DNA sequence capable of controlling the expression of a coding sequence or functional RNA. In general, a coding sequence is located 3′ to a promoter sequence. Promoters may be derived in their entirety from a native gene, or be composed of different elements derived from different promoters found in nature, or even comprise synthetic DNA segments. It is understood by those skilled in the art that different promoters may direct the expression of a gene in different tissues or cell types, or at different stages of development, or in response to different environmental and physiological conditions. Promoters which cause a gene to be expressed in most cell types at most times are commonly referred to as “constitutive promoters”. It is further recognized that since in most cases the exact boundaries of regulatory sequences have not been completely defined, DNA fragments of different lengths may have identical promoter activity.

The term “operably linked” refers to the association of nucleic acid sequences on a single nucleic acid fragment so that the function of one is affected by the other. For example, a promoter is operably linked with a coding sequence when it is capable of affecting the expression of that coding sequence (i.e., that the coding sequence is under the transcriptional control of the promoter). Coding sequences can be operably linked to regulatory sequences in sense or antisense orientation.

The term “expression”, as used herein, refers to the transcription and stable accumulation of sense (mRNA) or antisense RNA derived from the nucleic acid fragment of the invention. Expression may also refer to translation of mRNA into a polypeptide.

“Transformation” refers to the transfer of a nucleic acid fragment into the genome of a host organism, resulting in genetically stable inheritance. Host organisms containing the transformed nucleic acid fragments are referred to as “transgenic” or “recombinant” or “transformed” organisms.

The terms “plasmid”, “vector” and “cassette” refer to an extra chromosomal element often carrying genes which are not part of the central metabolism of the cell, and usually in the form of circular double-stranded DNA molecules. Such elements may be autonomously replicating sequences, genome integrating sequences, phage or nucleotide sequences, linear or circular, of a single- or double-stranded DNA or RNA, derived from any source, in which a number of nucleotide sequences have been joined or recombined into a unique construction which is capable of introducing a promoter fragment and DNA sequence for a selected gene product along with appropriate 3′ untranslated sequence into a cell. “Transformation cassette” refers to a specific vector containing a foreign gene and having elements in addition to the foreign gene that facilitate transformation of a particular host cell. “Expression cassette” refers to a specific vector containing a foreign gene and having elements in addition to the foreign gene that allow for enhanced expression of that gene in a foreign host.

The term “sequence analysis software” refers to any computer algorithm or software program that is useful for the analysis of nucleotide or amino acid sequences. “Sequence analysis software” may be commercially available or independently developed. Typical sequence analysis software will include but is not limited to the GCG suite of programs (Wisconsin Package Version 9.0, Genetics Computer Group (GCG), Madison, Wis.), BLASTP, BLASTN, BLASTX (Altschul et al., J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410 (1990), and DNASTAR (DNASTAR, Inc. 1228 S. Park St. Madison, Wis. 53715 USA), and the FASTA program incorporating the Smith-Waterman algorithm (W. R. Pearson, Comput. Methods Genome Res., [Proc. Int. Symp.] (1994), Meeting Date 1992, 111-20. Editor(s): Suhai, Sandor. Publisher: Plenum, New York, N.Y.). Within the context of this application it will be understood that where sequence analysis software is used for analysis, that the results of the analysis will be based on the “default values” of the program referenced, unless otherwise specified. As used herein “default values” will mean any set of values or parameters which originally load with the software when first initialized.

Standard recombinant DNA and molecular cloning techniques used here are well known in the art and are described by Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989) (hereinafter “Maniatis”); and by Silhavy, T. J., Bennan, M. L. and Enquist, L. W., Experiments with Gene Fusions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Press Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1 984); and by Ausubel, F. M. et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, published by Greene Publishing Assoc. and Wiley-Interscience (1987).

Identification of Homologs

A variety of nucleotide sequences have been identified from the sequence of the pCT14 plasmid. These sequences encode enzymes responsible for a number of aromatic ring opening reactions and well as proteins involved in the replication, stabilization and maintenance of the plasmid. ORF 1 for example encodes a ferredoxin enzyme responsible for the reactivation of the dioxygenase enzyme encoded by ORF 2. Similarly ORF 4 encodes a dehydrogenase which performs a ring opening reaction on aromatic semialdehydes. ORF 7 encodes a hydratase useful in the degradation of dienoates, intermediates in the catechol degradation pathway.

Comparison of the sequences of these nucleic acids and there deduced amino acid sequences to public databases reveals that the most similar known sequences range from as distant as about 35% identical at the amino acid level (ORF 7, hydratase) to about 70% identical (ORF 2, dioxygenase). Accordingly preferred polypeptides of the instant invention are those active proteins which are at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequence of reported herein. More preferred amino acid fragments are at least 90% identical to the sequences herein. Most preferred are nucleic acid fragments that are at least 95% identical to the amino acid fragments reported herein. Similarly, preferred nucleic acid sequences corresponding to the instant ORF's are those encoding active proteins and which are at least 80% identical to the nucleic acid sequences of reported herein. More preferred nucleic acid fragments are at least 90% identical to the sequences herein. Most preferred are nucleic acid fragments that are at least 95% identical to the nucleic acid fragments reported herein.

The nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to isolate genes encoding homologous proteins from the same or other microbial species. Isolation of homologous genes using sequence-dependent protocols is well known in the art. Examples of sequence-dependent protocols include, but are not limited to, methods of nucleic acid hybridization, and methods of DNA and RNA amplification as exemplified by various uses of nucleic acid amplification technologies (e.g., polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Mullis et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,202), ligase chain reaction (LCR), Tabor, S. et al., Proc. Acad. Sci. USA 82, 1074, (1985)) or strand displacement amplification (SDA, Walker, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 89, 392, (1992)).

For example, genes encoding similar proteins or polypetides to those of the instant invention could be isolated directly by using all or a portion of the instant nucleic acid fragments as DNA hybridization probes to screen libraries from any desired bacteria using methodology well known to those skilled in the art. Specific oligonucleotide probes based upon the instant nucleic acid sequences can be designed and synthesized by methods known in the art (Maniatis). Moreover, the entire sequences can be used directly to synthesize DNA probes by methods known to the skilled artisan such as random primers DNA labeling, nick translation, or end-labeling techniques, or RNA probes using available in vitro transcription systems. In addition, specific primers can be designed and used to amplify a part of or full-length of the instant sequences. The resulting amplification products can be labeled directly during amplification reactions or labeled after amplification reactions, and used as probes to isolate full length cDNA or genomic fragments under conditions of appropriate stringency.

Generally, two short segments of the instant sequences may be used in polymerase chain reaction protocols to amplify longer nucleic acid fragments encoding homologous genes from DNA or RNA. The polymerase chain reaction may also be performed on a library of cloned nucleic acid fragments wherein the sequence of one primer is derived from the instant nucleic acid fragments, and the sequence of the other primer takes advantage of the presence of the polyadenylic acid tracts to the 3′ end of the mRNA precursor encoding microbial genes. Alternatively, the second primer sequence may be based upon sequences derived from the cloning vector. For example, the skilled artisan can follow the RACE protocol (Frohman et al., PNAS USA 85:8998 (1988)) to generate cDNAs by using PCR to amplify copies of the region between a single point in the transcript and the 3′ or 5′ end. Primers oriented in the 3′ and 5′ directions can be designed from the instant sequences. Using commercially available 3′ RACE or 5′ RACE systems (BRL), specific 3′ or 5′ cDNA fragments can be isolated (Ohara et al., PNAS USA 86:5673 (1989); Loh et al., Science 243:217 (1989)). Typically, in PCR-type amplification techniques, the primers have different sequences and are not complementary to each other. Depending on the desired test conditions, the sequences of the primers should be designed to provide for both efficient and faithful replication of the target nucleic acid. Methods of PCR primer design are common and well known in the art. (Thein and Wallace, “The use of oligonucleotide as specific hybridization probes in the Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders”, in Human Genetic Diseases: A Practical Approach, K. E. Davis Ed., (1986) pp. 33-50 IRL Press, Herndon, Va.); Rychlik, W. (1993) In White, B. A. (ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 15, pages 31-39, PCR Protocols: Current Methods and Applications. Humania Press, Inc., Totowa, N.J.)

As such it is within the scope of the present invention to provide a method for obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme comprising: (a) synthesizing at least one oligonucleotide primer corresponding to a portion of the sequence of any one of the ORF's encoding bacterial aromatic ring opening enzymes; and (b) amplifying an insert present in a cloning vector using the oligonucleotide primer of step (a); wherein the amplified insert encodes a portion of an amino acid sequence encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme.

Alternatively the instant sequences may be employed as hybridization reagents for the identification of homologs. The basic components of a nucleic acid hybridization test include a probe, a sample suspected of containing the gene or gene fragment of interest, and a specific hybridization method. Probes of the present invention are typically single stranded nucleic acid sequences which are complementary to the nucleic acid sequences to be detected. Probes are “hybridizable” to the nucleic acid sequence to be detected. The probe length can vary from 5 bases to tens of thousands of bases, and will depend upon the specific test to be done. Typically a probe length of about 15 bases to about 30 bases is suitable. Only part of the probe molecule need be complementary to the nucleic acid sequence to be detected. In addition, the complementarity between the probe and the target sequence need not be perfect. Hybridization does occur between imperfectly complementary molecules with the result that a certain fraction of the bases in the hybridized region are not paired with the proper complementary base.

Hybridization methods are well defined. Typically the probe and sample must be mixed under conditions which will permit nucleic acid hybridization. This involves contacting the probe and sample in the presence of an inorganic or organic salt under the proper concentration and temperature conditions. The probe and sample nucleic acids must be in contact for a long enough time that any possible hybridization between the probe and sample nucleic acid may occur. The concentration of probe or target in the mixture will determine the time necessary for hybridization to occur. The higher the probe or target concentration the shorter the hybridization incubation time needed. Optionally a chaotropic agent may be added. The chaotropic agent stabilizes nucleic acids by inhibiting nuclease activity. Furthermore, the chaotropic agent allows sensitive and stringent hybridization of short oligonucleotide probes at room temperature [Van Ness and Chen (1991) Nucl. Acids Res. 19:5143-5151]. Suitable chaotropic agents include guanidinium chloride, guanidinium thiocyanate, sodium thiocyanate, lithium tetrachloroacetate, sodium perchlorate, rubidium tetrachloroacetate, potassium iodide, and cesium trifluoroacetate, among others. Typically, the chaotropic agent will be present at a final concentration of about 3M. If desired, one can add formamide to the hybridization mixture, typically 30-50% (v/v).

Various hybridization solutions can be employed. Typically, these comprise from about 20 to 60% volume, preferably 30%, of a polar organic solvent. A common hybridization solution employs about 30-50% v/v formamide, about 0.15 to 1M sodium chloride, about 0.05 to 0.1M buffers, such as sodium citrate, Tris-HCl, PIPES or HEPES (pH range about 6-9), about 0.05 to 0.2% detergent, such as sodium dodecylsulfate, or between 0.5-20 mM EDTA, FICOLL (Pharmacia Inc.) (about 300-500 kilodaltons), polyvinylpyrrolidone (about 250-500 kdal), and serum albumin. Also included in the typical hybridization solution will be unlabeled carrier nucleic acids from about 0.1 to 5 mg/mL, fragmented nucleic DNA, e.g., calf thymus or salmon sperm DNA, or yeast RNA, and optionally from about 0.5 to 2% wt./vol. glycine. Other additives may also be included, such as volume exclusion agents which include a variety of polar water-soluble or swellable agents, such as polyethylene glycol, anionic polymers such as polyacrylate or polymethylacrylate, and anionic saccharidic polymers, such as dextran sulfate.

Nucleic acid hybridization is adaptable to a variety of assay formats. One of the most suitable is the sandwich assay format. The sandwich assay is particularly adaptable to hybridization under non-denaturing conditions. A primary component of a sandwich-type assay is a solid support. The solid support has adsorbed to it or covalently coupled to it immobilized nucleic acid probe that is unlabeled and complementary to one portion of the sequence.

Accordingly it is within the context of the present invention to provide a method for obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme comprising: (a) probing a genomic library with the nucleic acid fragment encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme; (b) identifying a DNA clone that hybridizes with the nucleic acid fragment under the following conditions; 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 65° C. and washed with 2×SSC, 0.1% SDS followed by 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS; and (c) optionally sequencing the genomic fragment that comprises the clone identified in step (b), wherein the sequenced genomic fragment encodes all or substantially all of an amino acid sequence encoding a bacterial aromatic ring opening enzyme.

Availability of the instant nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences facilitates immunological screening cDNA expression libraries. Synthetic peptides representing portions of the instant amino acid sequences may be synthesized. These peptides can be used to immunize animals to produce polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with specificity for peptides or proteins comprising the amino acid sequences. These antibodies can be then be used to screen cDNA expression libraries to isolate full-length cDNA clones of interest (Lerner, R. A. Adv. Immunol. 36:1 (1984); Maniatis).

Recombinant Expression

The genes and gene products of the instant sequences may be produced in heterologous host cells, particularly in the cells of microbial hosts. Expression in recombinant microbial hosts may be useful for the expression of various pathway intermediates; for the modulation of pathways already existing in the host or for the synthesis of new products heretofore not possible using the host.

For example, the genes that comprise aromatic ring cleavage operons (ORFs 1-4, 7) (Wackett, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 864:142-52 (1998)) are useful for the production of enzyme biocatalysts for synthesis of chemicals. Another potential application of ring opening genes involves construction of bacterial strains that could be used for in situ bioremediation of sites contaminated with aromatic compounds. The types of chemicals that might be synthesized using enzymes encoded by the genes in a ring cleavage operon are varied. Likewise, the conditions under which a bacterial strain designed for bioremediation must function are varied. Accordingly, it is desirable to have a library of unique ring cleavage genes so that several genes can be tested to identify the one most suitable for a particular application.

Preferred heterologous host cells for expression of the instant genes are microbial hosts. Specific suitable hosts include but are not limited Aspergillus, Saccharomyces, Pichia, Candida, Hansenula, Salmonella, Bacillus, Acinetobacter, Rhodococcus, Streptomyces, Escherichia, and Pseudomonas.

Microbial expression systems and expression vectors containing regulatory sequences that direct high level expression of foreign proteins are well known to those skilled in the art. Any of these could be used to construct chimeric genes for production of the any of the gene products of the instant sequences. These chimeric genes could then be introduced into appropriate microorganisms via transformation to provide high level expression of the enzymes.

Additionally, chimeric genes will be effective in altering the properties of the host bacteria. It is expected, for example, that introduction of chimeric genes encoding one or more of the instant bacterial aromatic ring opening enzymes will confer on the host the ability to degrade aromatic compounds. Several pathways for the degradation of various aromatics have been characterized. The TOL pathway typifies the general strategy that is used by many different bacteria to degrade a large variety of other aromatic compounds (Williams and Sayers, Biodegradation 5:195-217 (1994)). Degradation of the aromatic substrate is divided into three stages. The aromatic compound is first converted to catechol or a substituted catechol, such as protocatechuate. The aromatic ring of the catechol is opened in the second stage. Opening the aromatic ring is a key reaction because most of the energy that can be obtained from the molecule is available only after this point. During the third stage of degradation, the ring cleavage product is converted to small aliphatic compounds that enter central metabolism.

Two types of ring opening reactions occur with catechol (Scheme 1). The ortho cleavage reaction, catalyzed by enzymes such as catechol 1,2-dioxygenase, opens the aromatic ring of catechol between the two hydroxy groups (Ngai et al., Meth. Enzymol. 188:122-126 (1990)). The meta cleavage reaction, catalyzed by enzymes such as catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, opens the aromatic ring of catechol next to the two hydroxy groups (Kataeva and Golovleva, Meth. Enzymol. 188:115-121 (1990)). Accordingly, two general types of ring cleavage pathways are possible for mono-substituted, monocyclic aromatic compounds such as toluene or phenol (Williams and Sayers, supra). The ortho cleavage pathways have a catechol 1,2-dioxygenase and the enzymes necessary for further degradation of cis, cis-muconic acid. The meta cleavage pathways have a catechol 2,3-dioxygenase and the enzymes necessary for further degradation of hydroxymuconic semialdehyde.

There are many different aromatic ring cleavage pathways for a large variety of aromatic compounds. Although many of the ring cleavage pathways have similar genetic organization (Williams and Sayers, supra), they tend to differ significantly in exact substrate specificity and other characteristics. As a result, a bacterial strain that degrades a wide range of aromatic compounds is likely to have several distinct ring cleavage operons, each of which is used to degrade a different set of aromatic compounds. Thus, it is not possible to predict from one organism to another whether a plasmid exists, an if so, whether it will contain genes useful for aromatic ring opening reactions.

Within the context of the present invention, several new genes have been identified that encode enzymes having ring-opening degradative activity. In particular, host cells comprising ORF1 and ORF2 (encoding a bacterial dioxygenase and its corresponding ferredoxin) will be expected to effect the bioconversion of a catechol substrate to the corresponding semialdehyde (see FIG. 3). Suitable catechol substrates are those according to formula I:

wherein R₁ may be selected from the group H, CH₃, and Cl, and R₂ may be selected from the group H, CH₃ and COO⁻. Typical catechol substrates include but are not limited to catechol, 3-methylcatechol, 4-methylcatechol, 3-chlorocatechol, 4-chlorocatechol and protocatechuate.

Similarly a host cell comprising the instant bacterial dehydrogenase as encoded by ORF 4 will be expected to effect the conversion of semialdehyde substrates to 4-oxalocrotonate (enol) (see FIG. 3). Semialdehyde substrates suitable in the present invention are those according to formula II:

wherein R₁ is H and R₂ may be selected from the group CH₃ and Cl. Typical semialdehyde substrates include but are not limited to 2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde, methyl-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde and chloro-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde.

Additionally a host cell transformed with the instant bacterial hydratase as encoded by ORF 7 will be expected to effect the conversion of dienoate compounds to the corresponding valerates (see FIG. 3). Suitable substrates for the bacterial hydratase are those according to formula III:

wherein R₁ is selected from the group H, Cl and CH₃. Suitable substrates for the bacterial hydratase include dienoates as well as semialdehydes such as, 2-hydroxypent-2,4-dienoate, methyl-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde and chloro-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde.

It will be appreciated that the instant pCT14 plasmid contains a variety of ORF's encoding proteins of many diverse functions, including hydrocarbon degradation, glutathione-S transferase (GST) activity and mercury tolerance. It is contemplated therefore that a host cell transformed with the pCT14 plasmid will demonstrate the ability to degrade a variety of hydrocarbons as well as achieving increased tolerance to mercury. The glutathione-S transferases (GSTs) represent a large group of detoxification enzymes. GSTs catalyze the conjugation of glutathione, homoglutathione and other glutathione-like analog via sulfhydryl group, to a large range of hydrophobic, electrophilic compounds. The conjugation can result in detoxification of these compounds. GST genes are found in both prokaryotic (e.g., E. coli) and eukaryotic organisms (e.g., yeast, plant and human). Although the homologies between the GSTs from prokaryotes and eukaryotes were low, many of the residues assigned to be important for the enzymatic function or structure in the eukaryotes were found to be conserved in prokaryotic GSTs (Nishida et al., J. Biol Chem 269:32536-32541 (1994)). It has been suggested that bacterial GST may represent a defense against the effects of antibiotics (Piccolomini et al., J Gen Microbiol 135:3119-3125 (1989)). Accordingly it is contemplated that a host strain transformed with the CT14 plasmid will have the ability detoxify harmful compounds via conjugation of those compounds to glutathione.

The instant plasmid additionally encodes a variety of maintenance proteins, useful for maintaining, stabilizing and replicating the plasmid. It is contemplated that these genes may be used in conjunction with other bacterial plasmids deficient in these functions for the increased stabilization or robust maintenance of the plasmid. Bacterial maintenance proteins of particular interest on the pCT14 plasmid include the REP origin of replication (encoded by ORF 38) the TRA proteins (TRAI, TRAJ and TRAK, encoded by ORF's 23, 24 and 25 respectively) and the VAG proteins (VAGD and VAGC, encoded by ORF's 33 and 34 respectively). The tra gene family is known to be involved in plasmid conjugation, a process that promotes DNA transfer from a donor to a recipient cell mediated by physical contact (Firth et al, Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM press (1996)). Among tra gene products, TraI and TraK proteins are reported to be required for efficient plasmid site-specific recombination (Paterson et al. J. Bacteriol 181:2572-2583 (1999)). Furthermore, TraI is required for conjugal DNA transfer. Fukuda and Ohtsubo (Genes Cells 2:735-751 (1997)) reported that TraI has the activity of site- and strand-specific nicking of the supercoiled plasmid DNA. TraJ, traJ gene product, regulates transcription originating at the tra operon promoter P_(traY). (Firth et al., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, ASM press (1996)). The stabilization proteins VAGC and VAGD encoded by vagC and vagD are involved in the maintaining the plasmid as an autonomous replicating unit.

Vectors or cassettes useful for the transformation of suitable host cells are well known in the art. Typically the vector or cassette contains sequences directing transcription and translation of the relevant gene, a selectable marker, and sequences allowing autonomous replication or chromosomal integration. Suitable vectors comprise a region 5′ of the gene which harbors transcriptional initiation controls and a region 3′ of the DNA fragment which controls transcriptional termination. It is most preferred when both control regions are derived from genes homologous to the transformed host cell, although it is to be understood that such control regions need not be derived from the genes native to the specific species chosen as a production host.

Initiation control regions or promoters, which are useful to drive expression of the instant ORF's in the desired host cell are numerous and familiar to those skilled in the art. Virtually any promoter capable of driving these genes is suitable for the present invention including but not limited to CYC1, HIS3, GAL1, GAL10, ADH1, PGK, PHO5, GAPDH, ADC1, TRP1, URA3, LEU2, ENO, TPI (useful for expression in Saccharomyces); AOX1 (useful for expression in Pichia); and lac, ara, tet, trp, IP_(L), IP_(R), T7, tac, and trc (useful for expression in Escherichia coli) as well as the amy, apr, npr promoters and various phage promoters useful for expression in Bacillus.

Termination control regions may also be derived from various genes native to the preferred hosts. Optionally, a termination site may be unnecessary, however, it is most preferred if included.

Protein Evolution

Sections of various naturally occurring homologs or alleles of a particular ring cleavage gene could be combined with each other to form new versions of the gene by means of the technique known as “gene shuffling” (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,605,793; 5,811,238; 5,830,721; and 5,837,458, incorporated herein by reference). It is contemplated that the present nucleotide may be used to produce gene products having enhanced or altered activity. Various methods are known for mutating a native or wild type gene sequence to produce a gene product with altered or enhanced activity including but not limited to error prone PCR (Melnikov et al., Nucleic Acids Research, (Feb. 15, 1999) Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 1056-1062); site directed mutagenesis (Coombs et al., Proteins (1998), 259-311, 1 plate. Editor(s): Angeletti, Ruth Hogue. Publisher: Academic, San Diego, Calif.) and “gene shuffling” (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,605,793; 5,811,238; 5,830,721; and 5,837,458, incorporated herein by reference).

The method of gene shuffling is particularly attractive due to its facile implementation, and high rate of mutagenesis and ease of screening. The process of gene shuffling involves the restriction of a gene of interest into fragments of specific size in the presence of additional populations of DNA regions of both similarity to or difference to the gene of interest. This pool of fragments is then denatured and then reannealed to create a mutate gene. The mutated gene is then screened for altered activity.

The instant bacterial sequences of the present invention may be mutated and screened for altered or enhanced activity by this method. The sequences should be double stranded and can be of various lengths ranging form 50 bp to 10 kb. The sequences may be randomly digested into fragments ranging from about 10 bp to 1000 bp, using restriction endonucleases well known in the art (Maniatis supra). In addition to the instant bacteria sequences populations of fragments that are hybridizable to all or portions of the bacterial sequence may added. Similarly, a population of fragments which are not hybridizable to the instant sequence may also be added. Typically these additional fragment populations are added in about a 10 to 20 fold excess by weight as compared to the total nucleic acid. Generally if this process is followed the number of different specific nucleic acid fragments in the mixture will be about 100 to about 1000. The mixed population of random nucleic acid fragments are denatured to form single-stranded nucleic acid fragments and then reannealed. Only those single-stranded nucleic acid fragments having regions of homology with other single-stranded nucleic acid fragments will reanneal. The random nucleic acid fragments may be denatured by heating. One skilled in the art could determine the conditions necessary to completely denature the double stranded nucleic acid. Preferably the temperature is from 80° C. to 100° C. The nucleic acid fragments may be reannealed by cooling. Preferably the temperature is from 20° C. to 75° C. Renaturation can be accelerated by the addition of polyethylene glycol (PEG) or salt. The salt concentration is preferably from 0 mM to 200 mM. The annealed nucleic acid fragments are next incubated in the presence of a nucleic acid polymerase and dNTP's (i.e. dATP, dCTP, dGTP and dTTP). The nucleic acid polymerase may be the Klenow fragment, the Taq polymerase or any other DNA polymerase known in the art. The polymerase may be added to the random nucleic acid fragments prior to annealing, simultaneously with annealing or after annealing. The cycle of denaturation, renaturation and incubation in the presence of polymerase is repeated for a desired number of times. Preferably the cycle is repeated from 2 to 50 times, more preferably the sequence is repeated from 10 to 40 times. The resulting nucleic acid is a larger double-stranded polynucleotide of from about 50 bp to about 100 kb and may be screened for expression and altered activity by standard cloning and expression protocol (Maniatis supra).

Construction of Cloning Vectors

The present invention is useful for providing unique plasmid nucleotide sequences, genes, and gene products. These sequences have utility in construction of plasmid cloning vectors for Pseudomonas, degradation of aromatic compounds for bioremediation, production of biocatalysts for transformation of catechol and other chemicals, and development of molecular probes for detecting plasmids. The present invention advances the art related to these utilities by expanding the range of unique nucleotide sequences, genes, and gene products available for direct use and for modification by those familiar with the techniques of molecular biology.

The ori sequence and associated genes for replication (ORF38) and partitioning of a plasmid have potential utility in biotechnology. These sequences are essential in construction of plasmid cloning vectors. The ori and associated sequences could be used alone to make vectors for a specific bacterial species or in combination with ori sequences from an Escherichia coli plasmid to make shuttle vectors for moving cloned DNA between E. coli and another species.

Description of the Preferred Embodiments

Pseudomonas strain CT14 was isolated on the basis of being able to grow on toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy. At first, a culture was obtained from a wastewater treatment facility. The bacterial cultures were grown in the presence of toluene(100 ppm) to select for the toluene tolerant strains. Bacteria that utilized the toluene as a sole source of carbon and energy were further isolated by spreading samples of the culture mentioned above on the S12 agar plate with toluene placed on the interior of each petri dish lid. The isolates that utilized toluene for growth were then further tested with other aromatic compounds and intermediates from toluene degradation pathways. One of the strains that grew on toluene and m-xylene was named CT14. Analysis of 16s RNA gene sequence confirmed that CT14 belongs to genus Pseudomonas.

A 54 kb plasmid was isolated from CT14 strain and designated pCT14. Entire pCT14 was sequenced and overlapping sequences of the clones were assembled to form a contiguous sequence for pCT14. The gaps between the contigs were closed by using PCR to amplify the regions between various contigs.

The pCT14 contains many long open reading frames (ORFs) that corresponded to genes. The function of each genes on pCT14 was determined by comparing the pCT14 ORFs to the sequences in the GenBank sequence database using BLAST program at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The NCBI-BLAST algorithm was used to translate all six reading frames of pCT14 DNA sequences into amino acid sequences and to compare all ORFs to sequences in the GenBank database. Function was assigned to each ORF based upon homology with GenBank sequences. Table 3 lists ORFs on pCT14 and genes from GenBank database that have homology in comparison to pCT14 ORFs.

EXAMPLES

The present invention is further defined in the following Examples. It should be understood that these Examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only. From the above discussion and these Examples, one skilled in the art can ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.

General Methods

Standard recombinant DNA and molecular cloning techniques used in the Examples are well known in the art and are described by Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, (1989) (Maniatis) and by T. J. Silhavy, M. L. Bennan, and L. W. Enquist, Experiments with Gene Fusions, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1984) and by Ausubel, F. M. et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, pub. by Greene Publishing Assoc. and Wiley-Interscience (1987).

Materials and methods suitable for the maintenance and growth of bacterial cultures are well known in the art. Techniques suitable for use in the following examples may be found as set out in Manual of Methods for General Bacteriology (Phillipp Gerhardt, R. G. E. Murray, Ralph N. Costilow, Eugene W. Nester, Willis A. Wood, Noel R. Krieg and G. Briggs Phillips, eds), American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. (1994)) or by Thomas D. Brock in Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology, Second Edition, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Mass. (1989). All reagents, restriction enzymes and materials used for the growth and maintenance of bacterial cells were obtained from Aldrich Chemicals (Milwaukee, Wis.), DIFCO Laboratories (Detroit, Mich.), GIBCO/BRL (Gaithersburg, Md.), or Sigma Chemical Company (St. Louis, Mo.) unless otherwise specified.

The meaning of abbreviations is as follows: “h” means hour(s), “min” means minute(s), “sec” means second(s), “d” means day(s), “mL” means milliliters, “μL” means microliters, “L” means liters, “μM” means micromoles, “mM” means millimoles.

Media and Culture Conditions:

Materials and methods suitable for the maintenance and growth of bacterial cultures were found in Manual of Methods for General Bacteriology (Phillip Gerhardt, R. G. E. Murray, Ralph N. Costilow, Eugene W. Nester, Willis A. Wood, Noel R. Krieg and G. Briggs Phillips, eds), pp. 210-213, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC. or Thomas D. Brock in Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology, Second Edition (1989) Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland Mass. All reagents and materials used for the growth and maintenance of bacterial cells were obtained from Aldrich Chemicals (Milwaukee, Wis.), DIFCO Laboratories (Detroit, Mich.), Gibco/BRL (Gaithersburg, Md.), or Sigma Chemical Company (St. Louis, Mo.) unless otherwise specified.

Synthetic S12 medium was used to establish enrichment cultures and to culture bacteria for production of terephthalic acid. S12 medium contains: ammonium sulfate, 10 mM; potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, 50 mM; MgCl₂, 2 mM; CaCl₂, 0.7 mM; MnCl₂, 50 μM; FeCl₃, 1 μM; ZnCl₃, 1 μM; CuSO₄, 1.72 μM; CoCl₂, 2.53 μM; Na₂MoO₂, 2.42 μM; FeSO₄, 0.0001% (wt/v); and thiamine hydrochloride, 2 μM.

S12 agar was used to isolate bacteria from liquid enrichment cultures that grow on p-xylene and to test isolates for growth with p-xylene, p-toluic acid, or terephthalic acid supplied a sole source of carbon and energy. S12 agar was prepared by adding 1.5% (wt/v) Noble agar (Difco) to S12 medium.

Bacteria growing in S12 medium were supplied with toluene by adding the toluene directly to the culture medium. Bacteria growing on S12 agar were supplied with toluene or other volatile aromatic compounds as vapor by placing 10 to 20 μL of a volatile compound on the interior of the petri dish lid. The petri dish was then sealed with parafilm and incubated with the lid on the bottom.

Molecular Biology Techniques:

Restriction enzyme digestions, ligations, transformations, and methods for agarose gel electrophoresis were performed as described in Sambrook, J., et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1989). Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR) techniques were found in White, B., PCR Protocols: Current Methods and Applications, Volume 15 (1993) Humana Press Inc.

Example 1 Isolation and Initial Characterization of Strain CT14

Example 1 demonstrated the isolation of strain CT14 on the basis of being able to grow on toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy. The ability of strain CT14 to grow on various substrates of the TOL pathway for degradation of toluene, m-xylene, and p-xylene indicated that strain CT14 utilized the TOL pathway or a similar pathway to degrade toluene. Analysis of a 16s rRNA gene sequence indicated that strain CT14 was related to gamma proteobacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas.

Bacteria that grow on toluene were isolated from an enrichment culture. The enrichment culture was established by inoculating I mL of activated sludge into 10 mL of S12 medium in a 125 mL screw cap Erlenmeyer flask. The activated sludge was obtained from a DuPont wastewater treatment facility. The enrichment culture was supplemented with 100 ppm toluene added directly to the culture medium and was incubated at 25° C. with reciprocal shaking. The enrichment culture was maintained by adding 100 ppm of toluene every 2-3 days. The culture was diluted every 10 d by replacing 9 mL of the culture with the same volume of S12 medium. Bacteria that utilize toluene as a sole source of carbon and energy were isolated by spreading samples of the enrichment culture onto S12 agar. Toluene was placed on the interior of each petri dish lid. The petri dishes were sealed with parafilm and incubated upside down at room temperature (approximately 25° C.). Representative bacterial colonies were then tested for the ability to use toluene as a sole source of carbon and energy. Colonies were transferred from the S12 agar plates to S12 agar plates and supplied with toluene on the interior of each petri dish lid. The petri dishes were sealed with parafilm and incubated upside down at room temperature (approximately 25° C.). The isolates that utilized toluene for growth were then tested for growth on S12 agar plates containing other aromatic compounds and intermediates of known pathways for toluene degradation.

The 16s rRNA genes of each isolate were amplified by PCR and analyzed as follows. Each isolate was grown on R2A agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.). Several colonies from each culture plate were suspended in 200 mL of lysis buffer (1% Triton X-100, 20 mM Tris (pH 8.5), 2 mM EDTA). The mixture was heated to 95° C. for 10 min and then centrifuged to remove cellular debris. The 16s rRNA gene sequences in the supernatant were amplified by PCR by using a commercial kit according to the manufacturer's instructions (Perkin Elmer, Norwalk, Conn.) with primers HK12 (GAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG) [SEQ ID NO:24] and HK13 (TACCTTGTTACGACTT) [SEQ ID NO:25]. PCR was performed in a Perkin Elmer GeneAMp 9600. The samples were incubated for 5 min at 94° C. and then cycled 35 times at 94° C. for 30 sec, 55° C. for 1 min, and 72° C. for 1 min. The amplified 16s rRNA genes were purified using a commercial kit according to the manufacturer's instructions (QIAquick PCR Purification Kit, Valencia, Calif.) and sequenced on an automated ABI sequencer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.). The sequencing reactions were initiated with primers HK12, HK13, and HK14 (GTGCCAGCAGYMGCGGT; Y=C or T, M=A or C) [SEQ ID NO:26]. The 16s rRNA gene sequence of each isolate was used as the query sequence for a BLAST search (Altschul, et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 25:3389-3402(1997)) of GenBank for similar sequences.

The data in Table 1 indicated strain CT14 was able to grow on toluene and m-xylene. Strain CT14 also grew on intermediates of the TOL upper pathway that are predicted for degradation of toluene and m-xylene. Strain CT14 was unable to utilize any of the other compounds that were tested.

A 16s rRNA gene of strain CT14 was sequenced and compared to other 16s rRNA sequences in the GenBank sequence database. The 16s rRNA gene sequence from strain CT14 was at least 99% homologous to the 16s rRNA gene sequences of gamma proteobacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas.

TABLE 1 Summary of Carbon Source Utilization for the Strain CT14 Carbon Source Growth on Carbon Source toluene + benzyl alcohol + benzaldehyde + benzoate + m-xylene + m-toluate + p-xylene − p-toluate − benzene − phenol − o-cresol − m-cresol − p-cresol − cumene − ethylbenzene − chlorobenzene − aniline −

Example 2 Isolation and Physical Characterization of a Plasmid from Pseudomonas Strain CT14

Many bacteria harbor plasmids that carry genes for degradation of aromatic compounds (Tan, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 51:1-12 (1999)). Example 2 demonstrated by pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) that strain CT14 contained a plasmid that is 54 kb in size. The plasmid was designated pCT14.

Preparation of DNA for PFGE:

Strain CT14 was inoculated into 100 mL of LB medium in a 1 L Erlenmeyer flask. The culture was incubated for 17 h at 37° C. with reciprocal shaking. The culture was transferred to 30 mL Corex centrifuge tubes (25 mL of culture/tube). The cells were collected by centrifugation in a Sorvall RC5C centrifuge using a SS-34 rotor for 10 min at 5000 rpm at 4° C. The cell pellet in each tube was resuspended in 2 mL of Solution 1 (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 10 mM EDTA, 100 mg/mL RNase A). The cells were lysed by adding 2 mL of Solution 2 (0.2 M NaOH, 1% SDS), sealing the tubes with Parafilm, and gently rocking the tubes until the cell suspensions cleared. The cell lysates were neutralized by adding 2 mL of Solution 3 (1.32 M potassium acetate, pH 4.8) to each tube, sealing the tubes with Parafilm, and gently inverting the tubes until a white precipitate formed. The tubes were centrifuged in a Sorvall RC5C centrifuge using a SS-34 rotor for 30 min at 12000 rpm. The supernatant was gently poured into a fresh 30 mL Corex tube. The DNA was precipitated by adding 4 M NaCl to the supernatant to a final concentration of 0.4 M, 2.5 volumes of 100% ethanol, and placing the tubes at −20° C. for 17 h. The precipitated DNA was recovered by centrifugation in a Sorvall RC5C centrifuge using a SS-34 rotor for 45 min at 12000 rpm. The supernatant was removed. The white pellet was washed with cold (approximately −20° C.) 70% ethanol and dried by rotary evaporation. The dried pellet was dissolved in 250 μL of deionized water and stored at −20° C. until used for PFGE (Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis).

Plasmid DNA was separated from chromosome DNA by Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) in a 1% low melting point agarose gel in 0.5×TBE buffer. PFGE was performed with a Hoeffer SuperSub gel box, PC500 Switchback Pulse Controller, PS500XT DC Power Supply, and RCB-300 Refrigerated Circulating Bath (Hoeffer Scientific Instruments, San Francisco, Calif.). Samples of DNA (75 μL) were subjected to electrophoresis for 18-28 h (5-7.7 V/cm, 3:1 switch, and 50-80 sec pulse times at 12° C.). Plasmid DNA was detected as a single band.

The bands containing plasmid DNA were excised from the pulse field gel. The gel slices were placed into 1.5 mL polypropylene microfuge tubes and melted at 70° C. The melted agarose was transferred to new microfuge tubes in 500 mL aliquots. An equal volume of Tris-saturated Phenol was added to the agarose in each tube. The aqueous layer from each tube was transferred to a fresh microfuge tube and extracted two times with chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (24:1). The DNA was precipitated by adding 3 M ammonium acetate (pH 5.2) to a final concentration of 0.3 M and 2.5 volumes of 100% ethanol. The samples were placed at −70° C. overnight. The precipitated DNA was recovered by centrifugation in a microfuge for 30 min at 14,000 rpm at 4° C. The DNA pellet was washed with 70% ethanol and dried by rotary evaporation for 10 min. The DNA was dissolved in 50 μL of sterile deionized H₂O.

Size Determination:

PFGE purified pCT14 DNA was digested with restriction enzyme EcoRI. The restriction fragments were separated on a 1% 1X TAE agarose gel. The gel was stained with ethidium bromide, and the DNA bands were visualized under ultraviolet light. A digital image of the gel was generated using the Eagle Eye (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.). The sizes of the restriction fragments were determined from the gel image using Advanced Quantifier gel analysis software (Bio Image Systems Corp., Ann Arbor, Mich.). EcoRI digestion of pCT14 resulted in 7 restriction fragments (Table 2). The combined lengths of the restriction fragments indicated that pCT14 was approximately 50 Kb in size.

TABLE 2 EcoRI Restriction Fragments of pCT14 Fragment No. Length (bp) 1 13,688  2 9,922 3 8,106 4 6,505 5 5,600 6 4,710 7 2,972 Total Length 51,503 

Example 3 Nucleotide Sequence of Plasmid pCT14

Characterization of the types and arrangement of genes on a plasmid can be accomplished by sequencing the entire plasmid. Two strategies were used to create libraries of cloned pCT14 DNA for sequencing. One strategy involved cloning overlapping restriction fragments that were generated by combinations of different restriction nucleases having 6-base pair recognition sequences. The other strategy involved cloning restriction fragments from a semirandom array of restriction fragments that was generated by partial digestion of pCT14 DNA with a restriction nuclease having a 4-base pair recognition sequence. Numerous clones from the libraries were sequenced. The overlapping sequences of the clones were assembled to form a contiguous sequence for pCT14. Example 3 demonstrated the entire nucleotide sequence of pCT14.

PFGE-purified pCT14 DNA was cut with combination of 2 restriction enzymes. They are EcoRI and BamHI, EcoRI and HindIII, or EcoRI and SalI. Each preparation of cut DNA was ligated to the cloning vector pIBI31 (IBI Biosystems, New Haven, Conn.) that had been cut with the same combination of restriction enzymes. The ligated DNA was transformed into sub-cloning efficiency competent DH5α (Gibco-BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.). The transformed bacteria were plated onto LB agar containing ampicillin (100 μg/mL) and 20 mM X-gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-galactopyranosidase). The plates were incubated at 37° C. overnight.

White colonies contained vector plasmids with cloned inserts. Each white colony was replica plated onto fresh LB agar containing ampicillin (100 μg/mL) and 20 mM X-gal, and also inoculated into 2 mL of LB liquid media containing Ampicillin (100 μg/μL) in 15 mL Falcon tubes. The tubes were incubated at 37° C. in a rotary shaker. After overnight incubation, the bacteria in each culture were collected by centrifugation for 3 min at 4000 rpm in an RC5C centrifuge using a SM-24 rotor. The cell pellets were resuspended in 200 μL of Solution 1. The bacteria were lysed by adding 200 μL of Solution 2. The cell lysates were neutralized by adding 200 μL of Solution 3 to each tube. The samples were centrifuged at room temperature for 10 min at 10,000 rpm in a table top centrifuge (Microspin 24S, Sorvall). The supernatants was transferred to Centricon-100 concentrators (Amicon, Beverly, Mass.), 2 mL of deionized H₂O was added to each sample, and the concentrators were centrifuged in a SM-24 rotor for 1 h at 2,840 rpm. The concentrates were transferred to 1.5 mL microfuge tubes.

The samples of concentrated DNA were sequenced on an automated ABI sequencer. Each clone was initially sequenced using the universal forward and reverse priming sites present on the pIBI31 vector. The sequence obtained from a particular cloned insert was used to design new primers to initiate additional sequencing reactions for that clone. This process was repeated until sequencing of the insert on both strands was completed.

Plasmid pCT14 was partially digested with MboI restriction enzyme generating a majority of fragments approximately 1-2 kb in size which were ligated into pIBI31 (Integrated Biosystems Inc., Benecia, Calif.) digested with BamHI restriction enzyme. The ligations were transformed into DH5α competent cells (Gibco-BRL, Gaithersburg, Md.). The transformed bacteria were plated onto LB agar containing 100 μg/mL Ampicillin and 20 mM X-gal in large square plates (Genetix, United Kingdom). The blue-white colorimetric screen was used to identify colonies containing inserts. The colonies were picked using a Q Bot robotic colony picker (Genetix) and sequenced using an ABI sequencer.

A combination of computer applications were used to assemble the sequences. Sequences were imported into Sequencher 3.0 (GeneCodes, Ann Arbor, Mich.) and also assembled using Phred (Ewing et al, Genome Research 8: 175-185 (1998)) to do the reads from the ABI sequence chromatographs, Cross-match (Rieder et al., Nucleic Acids Research 26:967-973 (1998)) to remove vector sequences and Phrap (Rieder et al., Nucleic Acids Research 26: 967-973 (1998)) for the sequence assembly. Both methods were used and then compared against each other to determine the correct assembly.

The gaps between the contigs that were generated using Sequencher or Phrap were closed by using PCR to amplify the regions between various contigs. Regions approximately 150-200 bp from the end of each contig with a G+C content of 50-70% were used as priming sites for gap closure sequencing. PCR reactions were done using pCT14 as a template under standard PCR protocols. The PCR reactions were run on 1% 1X TEA agarose gels to verify the presence of a product. In the cases where a single PCR product was obtained, the reaction was purified using the Qiagen PCR Cleanup Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.). Multiple products were excised and purified using the Qiagen Gel Purification Kit separately. The purified products were sequenced using the original PCR primers as sequencing primers. The resulting sequences were then added to the assembly to join the contig fragments.

Primers were designed that would yield PCR products spanning the repeat regions. A commercial long range PCR kit (Perkin-Elmer) was used to amplify the repeat regions. The conditions for long range PCR were 25 cycles at 94° C. for 30 sec and 68° C. for 15 min. This resulted in two 10 Kb PCR products using primers CT14-35+CT14-40 and primers CT14-39+CT14-40. Each of the fragments was nebulized using a modified Aeromist Treatment Set w/Reservoir (IPI Medical Products, Chicago, Ill.) (FIG. 1). The mouth piece and flexible tube were discarded. The inner splash guard was removed and the outer lip was cut away with a pair of scissors and then reinserted upside down. The long rubber tubing was attached to a filtered air line at 18 psi. The fragments were nebulized for 30 to 60 sec and concentrated using a Qiagen PCR Cleanup Kit. Nebulized fragments were polished using pfu DNA polymerase (Stratagene, address). Approximately 100 ng of nebulized DNA in 20 μL of dH₂O was ligated to SmaI digested pUC18 (Ready-to-go Kit, Stratagene). The ligation was precipitated by adding 7.5 μL of 4 M NaCl (final concentration of 1.5 M) and 2 volumes of cold ethanol. The sample was incubated at −70° C. overnight. The DNA was pelleted by centrifugation (Brinkmann 5415, Westbury, N.Y., 30 min at 14000 rpm at 4° C.). The DNA pellets were washed twice with 70% ethanol, air dried, and resuspended in 100 μL of deionized H₂O. The ligated DNA was electrotransformed in DH10b ElectroMax Competent Cells (Gibco-BRL) at 25 kV/cm. The transformation was plated onto LB agar containing 100 μg/mL of ampicillin and 20 mM X-gal. Positive clones were sequenced using universal primers and assembled to reconstruct the PCR fragments. The resulting PCR product sequences were included in assembly of the pCT14 sequence. The complete pCT14 sequence contained 55,216 bp.

Example 4 Characterization of Open Reading Frames on pCT14

The assembled pCT14 nucleotide sequence contained many long open reading frames (ORFs) that corresponded to genes. The function of each pCT14 gene was determined by comparing the pCT14 ORFs to the sequences in the GenBank sequence database using the BLAST program at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The parameter for the BLAST program was set on the default setting. Example 4 demonstrated that pCT14 contains a set of novel genes for cleavage of an aromatic ring and conversion of the ring cleavage product to small aliphatic compounds.

Identification of ORFs:

The NCBI-Blast algorithm was used to translate all six reading frames of the pCT14 DNA sequence into amino acid sequences and to compare all ORFs to sequences in the GenBank database. The parameters were set on the default setting. Function was assigned to each ORF based upon homology with GenBank sequences. The start site of translation for each open reading frame was determined by the alignment to a homologous GenBank sequence. Gene Construction Kit (Textco, West Lebanon, N.H.) was used to prepare a list of ORFs (Table 3) and to draw a plasmid map that illustrates the orientation of each ORF (FIG. 2).

Most of the genes on pCT14 had high degrees of homology with GenBank sequences that are involved in plasmid replication, plasmid conjugation, transposition, or mercury resistance (Table 3). In addition to these genes, plasmid pCT14 has several ORFs (ORF 1, ORF 2, ORF 3, ORF 4, ORF 5, ORF 7) that encode an aromatic ring cleavage pathway (Table 5 and FIG. 3). The organization of the pCT14 ring cleavage genes is the same as other ring cleavage pathways (Williams and Sayers, Biodegradation 5:195-217 (1994)). However, adjacent to each other but are only 35% to 84% homologous at the amino acid level with the corresponding lower pathway genes of the well characterized TOL plasmid pWWO. Comparison of the pCT14 ring cleavage genes to sequences in GenBank suggests that the pCT14 ring cleavage genes have been assembled from several sources through recombination and transposition.

TABLE 3 List of ORFs for pCT14 Open-reading frame Range Direction GenBank Sequence with Highest Homology ORF 1 552 911 → U20258: chloroplast-type ferredoxin ORF 2 923 1867 → X59790: 3-methylcatechol 2,3-dioxygenase ORF 3 1948 2411 AF109307: unknown Pseudomonas putida ORF ORF 4 2450 3910 → (AB001722) 2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde dehydrogenase ORF 5 3947 4558 → (X76500) glutathione S-transferase Transposase 4560 5936 → (AF028594) transposase ORF 7 6189 6983 → S24418 dmpE protein Transposase 7554 7698 → Alcaligenes sp. putative transposase (IS1071) gene Transposase (partial) 7699 7929 → sp|Q04222|TRA1_ALCSP 7930 9768 — PPY09450 P. putida plasmid pPGH1 DNA (DNA homology, no ORFs) tniA 9909 11588 → S70152 transposase tniB 11591 12499 → S70151 tnsC protein homolog tniQ 12496 13713 → S70150 tniQ protein tniR 13774 14388 → S70149 resolvase merE 14441 14677 ← S70148 merE protein merD 14673 15039 ← S70147 merD protein merA 15056 16702 ← MERA_PSEFL MERCURIC REDUCTASE ORFF 16699 16944 ← (X73112) ORF F potential protein merP 16947 17222 ← (U80214) MerP [Pseudomonas stutzeri] merT 17238 17588 ← MERCURIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN merR 17660 18094 → S32798 merR protein tnpR 18270 18906 → (AF028594) Tn5501 resolvase tnpA 18889 21918 → (Y09450) transposase 21919 21950 — P. putida plasmid pPGH1 DNA (DNA homology, no ORFs) ORF 23 22704 25659 ← (U43676) TraI [Salmonella typhimurium] ORF 24 25660 27198 ← (AF000361) TraJ [Salmonella typhimurium] ORF 25 27198 27587 ← (AF000361) TraK [Salmonella typhimurium] ORFA 27971 28387 → (U72482) PsiB-like protein [Plasmid pKM101] ORFB 28388 29092 → (U72482) unknown [Plasmid pKM101] ORFC 29112 29496 → (U72482) unknown [Plasmid pKM101] ORFD 29763 30542 → YMUC_SALTY HYPOTHETICAL ORFE 31614 32165 ← SINGLE-STRAND BINDING PROTEIN ORFF 34805 35839 → HYPOTHETICAL 31.3 KD PROTEIN ORFG 36948 37541 ← HYPOTHETICAL 21.5 KD PROTEIN IN GPA 5′ REGION ORF 33 38318 38755 ← VagD protein - Salmonella dublin virulence plasmid ORF 34 38752 38988 ← VagC protein - Salmonella dublin virulence plasmid ORFH 38998 39423 ← (AE001167) B. burgdorferi predicted coding region BB0663 ORFI 39786 40436 ← HYPOTHETICAL 23.2 KD PROTEIN IN NUC 5′ RFGION pin 40503 41070 ← (U73041) invertase/recombinase like protein ORF 38 43194 44330 ← (L42524) rep: replication initiator and transcription repressor rmin 44317 44934 ← (AF015307) DNA invertase [Acetobacter pasteurianus] merR 45162 45596 ← merR protein merT 45668 46018 → S70143 mercury ion transport protein merP 46034 46310 → MERP_PSEFL ORFF 46312 46557 → S70145 mercuric ion transport protein merA 46554 48200 → S70146 mercuric ion reductase merD 48217 48582 → S70147 merD protein merE 48579 48815 → S70148 merE protein tniR 48868 49482 <— (L40585) resolvase tniQ 49543 50757 <— S70150 tniQ protein tniB 50754 51662 <— tnsC protein homolog - Xanthomonas sp tniA 51665 53344 <— (L40585) transposase 53488 53610 — AF020724 Pseudomonas fluorescens plasmid pAM10.6 insertion sequence transposase 53636 55216 → (AF028594) transposase

TABLE 4 ORF Gene SEQ ID SEQ ID % Name Name Similarity Identified base Peptide Identity^(a) E-value^(b) Citation ORF1 ferredoxin ferredoxin (Pseudomonas putida) 1 2 62 5.0E − 20 Unpublished; GI4160463 ORF2 dioxygenase Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase 3 4 70 2.2E − 165 Unpublished; (Pseudomonas putida) GI4160464 ORF4 dehydrogenase Hydroxymuconic semialdehyde 5 6 63 9.3E − 214 Bosch, R., et al., dehydrogenase (Pseudomonas stutzeri) unpublished GI4104767 ORF5 glutathione-S glutathione-S transferase 7 8 69 1.3E − 86 Hofer et al., Gene 144 transferase (Pseudomonas stutzeri) (1), 9-16 (1994) ORF7 hydratase 2-oxopent-4-enoate hydratase 9 10 34 2.0E − 27 Bosch et al., (Pseudomonas stutzeri) unpublished GI4104769 ORF23 traI TraI (Salmonella typhimurium) 11 12 53 0.0E + 0.0 Winans, S.C., Submitted GI1163228 ORF24 traJ AF109305_2 mobilization protein TraJ 13 14 46 E − 127 Paterson et al., (Salmonella typhimurium J Bacteriol 181:2572-2583, 1999 ORF25 traK traK 15 16 36 3.0E − 0.3 Woodgate, R. (Salmonella typhimurium Unpublished GI2145308 ORF33 vagD vagD-Salmonella dublin virulence 17 18 73 3.0E − 26 Pullinger and Lax plasmid Mol Microbiol 6:1631-1543 (1992) ORF34 vagC vagC-Salmonella dublin virulence 19 20 61 8.0E − 22 Pullinger and Lax plasmid Mol Microbiol 6:1631-1543 (1992) ORF38 rep Replication initiator and trascription 21 22 34 8.0E − 34 Fu et al., Plasmid repressor 34:75-84 (1995) ^(a)% Identity is defined as percentage of amino acids that are identical between the two proteins. ^(b)Expect value. The Expect value estimates the statistical significance of the match, specifying the number of matches, with a given score, that are expected in a search of a database of this size absolutely by chance

TABLE 5 Comparison of pCT14 Lower Pathway Against GenBank Database tbuW tdnC dmpC bhpX0 dmpE ORF1 ORF2 ORF4 ORF5 ORF7 DNA 80% 74% 68% 64% 54% Amino Acid 62% 70% 63% 69% 34%

26 1 360 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 1 atgttcttcg acacccgccc caaggtcagc gtgcatgtca tgcaaaccgg tgaaaccttt 60 ccctgcgcca cggatgagag tctgctgcaa ggcatgctgc gcctgggccg caagggcatc 120 ccggtgggct gcgtcaacgg cggctgtggg gtctgcaagg tccatgttat tgagggtcaa 180 tgccggcctc tgggtcctgt tagccgcgcg catgtcagtg ccgcagagga agcacgcggc 240 ttcaccctgg cctgccgtgt ggcgccggtc accccggttc aactggaggt ggtgggcaag 300 tttgaaaagg ttttttcaaa agggttcgtt tcatcaacga acgagattat taacaaatga 360 2 119 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 2 Met Phe Phe Asp Thr Arg Pro Lys Val Ser Val His Val Met Gln Thr 1 5 10 15 Gly Glu Thr Phe Pro Cys Ala Thr Asp Glu Ser Leu Leu Gln Gly Met 20 25 30 Leu Arg Leu Gly Arg Lys Gly Ile Pro Val Gly Cys Val Asn Gly Gly 35 40 45 Cys Gly Val Cys Lys Val His Val Ile Glu Gly Gln Cys Arg Pro Leu 50 55 60 Gly Pro Val Ser Arg Ala His Val Ser Ala Ala Glu Glu Ala Arg Gly 65 70 75 80 Phe Thr Leu Ala Cys Arg Val Ala Pro Val Thr Pro Val Gln Leu Glu 85 90 95 Val Val Gly Lys Phe Glu Lys Val Phe Ser Lys Gly Phe Val Ser Ser 100 105 110 Thr Asn Glu Ile Ile Asn Lys 115 3 945 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 3 atgagtatta tgagagttgg ccacgtcagc atcaacgtga tggacatggc cgcagcagtg 60 aagcactacg aaaacgtgct gggcctaaag acgaccatgc aggacaatgc cgggaacgtg 120 tacctgaaat gttgggacga gtgggataaa tattccctta tcctcacccc atcggacagg 180 gctggaatga accacgtcgc ctacaaggtt accaaagaca gtgatctgga cgccttccaa 240 gctaggattg aagccgctgg caccaagacc accatgatgc ccgagggcac gctgccatcc 300 acggggcgca tgctggtgtt taaattgcca agcacgcacg aaatgcgtct ttacgccatg 360 aaagaaaacg tcggcaccga ggtgggtagc atcaatcccg atccgtggcc agacagcatc 420 aagggtgccg gggcgcactg gttggatcac gtactactga tgtgtgagtt cgatccgggc 480 actggtgtca atagggtggc cgacaacaca cggttcttca ttgatgtgct ggattttttc 540 ctgaccgagc aattgaccgt cggccccgat ggctcattcc agtcggcatc gttcctgtcg 600 tgctcgagca agccgcatga cattgcgttt gttggtgcgc cgactcccgg cctgcaccat 660 atttcgtatt tcctggactc gtggcacgac attctcaagg cgggcgatgt catggccaag 720 aacaaggtac gtattgatgc gtcacctaca cgccatggct tcacgcgcgg cgagacgatc 780 tatttcttcg accctagcgg caaccgcaat gagacctttg caggactggg gtaccaggcg 840 cagcgggacc gcccggtgac gacttggacc gaagatcaag cgggtcgcgc aattttcttc 900 cacaccggcg agatggtgtc gtcgttcaca gatgtgtaca catga 945 4 314 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 4 Met Ser Ile Met Arg Val Gly His Val Ser Ile Asn Val Met Asp Met 1 5 10 15 Ala Ala Ala Val Lys His Tyr Glu Asn Val Leu Gly Leu Lys Thr Thr 20 25 30 Met Gln Asp Asn Ala Gly Asn Val Tyr Leu Lys Cys Trp Asp Glu Trp 35 40 45 Asp Lys Tyr Ser Leu Ile Leu Thr Pro Ser Asp Arg Ala Gly Met Asn 50 55 60 His Val Ala Tyr Lys Val Thr Lys Asp Ser Asp Leu Asp Ala Phe Gln 65 70 75 80 Ala Arg Ile Glu Ala Ala Gly Thr Lys Thr Thr Met Met Pro Glu Gly 85 90 95 Thr Leu Pro Ser Thr Gly Arg Met Leu Val Phe Lys Leu Pro Ser Thr 100 105 110 His Glu Met Arg Leu Tyr Ala Met Lys Glu Asn Val Gly Thr Glu Val 115 120 125 Gly Ser Ile Asn Pro Asp Pro Trp Pro Asp Ser Ile Lys Gly Ala Gly 130 135 140 Ala His Trp Leu Asp His Val Leu Leu Met Cys Glu Phe Asp Pro Gly 145 150 155 160 Thr Gly Val Asn Arg Val Ala Asp Asn Thr Arg Phe Phe Ile Asp Val 165 170 175 Leu Asp Phe Phe Leu Thr Glu Gln Leu Thr Val Gly Pro Asp Gly Ser 180 185 190 Phe Gln Ser Ala Ser Phe Leu Ser Cys Ser Ser Lys Pro His Asp Ile 195 200 205 Ala Phe Val Gly Ala Pro Thr Pro Gly Leu His His Ile Ser Tyr Phe 210 215 220 Leu Asp Ser Trp His Asp Ile Leu Lys Ala Gly Asp Val Met Ala Lys 225 230 235 240 Asn Lys Val Arg Ile Asp Ala Ser Pro Thr Arg His Gly Phe Thr Arg 245 250 255 Gly Glu Thr Ile Tyr Phe Phe Asp Pro Ser Gly Asn Arg Asn Glu Thr 260 265 270 Phe Ala Gly Leu Gly Tyr Gln Ala Gln Arg Asp Arg Pro Val Thr Thr 275 280 285 Trp Thr Glu Asp Gln Ala Gly Arg Ala Ile Phe Phe His Thr Gly Glu 290 295 300 Met Val Ser Ser Phe Thr Asp Val Tyr Thr 305 310 5 1461 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 5 atgaaagaca tcaggaactt catcaacggt gaatacgtca ccaatgtcag cggcaagacc 60 tacgagaagc gcaacccggt tgataacagc ctaatcggca tggtccatga agctggtcag 120 cccgaggtgg atgcggcggt ggccgccgcg cgcgcggcac tgaacgggcc ctggggcaag 180 ctctcggtgg tcgaccgctg cgccatgctc gatggtgtgg ttgccgagat caaccgccgg 240 tttgatgatt ttctgcaggc cgaaattgcc gataccggca agcccgcgca cctggcatcg 300 cacatcgaca tcccgcgcgg tgccgccaac ttcaagatat tcaccgacac catcaaaaac 360 gtctcgaccg aatcctttga gatgcgcacc cccgacggta aaacagcgcg cagctacggc 420 gtgcgcaccc cgcgtggcgt cattgccatc atctgcccat ggaatttgcc gctgctgctg 480 atgacctgga aatgtggccc ggccatggcc tgcggcaaca ctgtggtcgt caagccatca 540 gaggccactc ccagcaccgc cacgctgttg ggcgaagtca tgaacaaggt cggcgtaccg 600 cccggcgtct acaacgtggt gaacggcttt ggcgtcaact cggcgggctc cttcctgacc 660 gcgcaccagg gcgtcaacgg catcaccttc accggtgaaa ccaagactgg caccgccatc 720 atgaaagccg gtgccgacgg catccgcccg gtgtcactcg aattgggcgg caaaaacgcg 780 gccgtggtgt ttgccgactg cgattttgaa aacgctctgg ccaccgtgac ccgctctgcc 840 tttgagaact gcggccaggt ctgtctgggc actgagcgcg tgtatgtgga gcgaccgatt 900 tttgacaaat tcgtcagcgc cctgaaagag cgcgccgcgg ccatcaagcc cggccgtccg 960 tttgatgccg ataccaaaat tggcccgctg gtgagcaaaa tccaccagaa aaaggtgctg 1020 tcttactacg ccaaagccaa agcagaaggt gccaatattg ttcttggtgg cggcgttccc 1080 aatatgccag atgacctgaa agacggctgc tgggtcgaac ccaccatctg gactggcctg 1140 cccgagagtt cacctattgt tcgtgaagaa atttttggcc catgctgcca tatccagccg 1200 tttgacaccg aagaagaggt gctgaatatg gtcaacgaca gcccctacgg cctggccact 1260 tctattcaca cccaggatat cagccgagcc agccgtcttg caacgcaaat cgaggtgggt 1320 ctgtgctgga tcaacagctg gttcctgcgt gatttgcgca caccctttgg cggctccaag 1380 cagtcgggta tcgggcgtga aggtggcctg cattcgctgg agttctacac cgaactgcgc 1440 aacgtgatga tcaagtattg a 1461 6 486 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 6 Met Lys Asp Ile Arg Asn Phe Ile Asn Gly Glu Tyr Val Thr Asn Val 1 5 10 15 Ser Gly Lys Thr Tyr Glu Lys Arg Asn Pro Val Asp Asn Ser Leu Ile 20 25 30 Gly Met Val His Glu Ala Gly Gln Pro Glu Val Asp Ala Ala Val Ala 35 40 45 Ala Ala Arg Ala Ala Leu Asn Gly Pro Trp Gly Lys Leu Ser Val Val 50 55 60 Asp Arg Cys Ala Met Leu Asp Gly Val Val Ala Glu Ile Asn Arg Arg 65 70 75 80 Phe Asp Asp Phe Leu Gln Ala Glu Ile Ala Asp Thr Gly Lys Pro Ala 85 90 95 His Leu Ala Ser His Ile Asp Ile Pro Arg Gly Ala Ala Asn Phe Lys 100 105 110 Ile Phe Thr Asp Thr Ile Lys Asn Val Ser Thr Glu Ser Phe Glu Met 115 120 125 Arg Thr Pro Asp Gly Lys Thr Ala Arg Ser Tyr Gly Val Arg Thr Pro 130 135 140 Arg Gly Val Ile Ala Ile Ile Cys Pro Trp Asn Leu Pro Leu Leu Leu 145 150 155 160 Met Thr Trp Lys Cys Gly Pro Ala Met Ala Cys Gly Asn Thr Val Val 165 170 175 Val Lys Pro Ser Glu Ala Thr Pro Ser Thr Ala Thr Leu Leu Gly Glu 180 185 190 Val Met Asn Lys Val Gly Val Pro Pro Gly Val Tyr Asn Val Val Asn 195 200 205 Gly Phe Gly Val Asn Ser Ala Gly Ser Phe Leu Thr Ala His Gln Gly 210 215 220 Val Asn Gly Ile Thr Phe Thr Gly Glu Thr Lys Thr Gly Thr Ala Ile 225 230 235 240 Met Lys Ala Gly Ala Asp Gly Ile Arg Pro Val Ser Leu Glu Leu Gly 245 250 255 Gly Lys Asn Ala Ala Val Val Phe Ala Asp Cys Asp Phe Glu Asn Ala 260 265 270 Leu Ala Thr Val Thr Arg Ser Ala Phe Glu Asn Cys Gly Gln Val Cys 275 280 285 Leu Gly Thr Glu Arg Val Tyr Val Glu Arg Pro Ile Phe Asp Lys Phe 290 295 300 Val Ser Ala Leu Lys Glu Arg Ala Ala Ala Ile Lys Pro Gly Arg Pro 305 310 315 320 Phe Asp Ala Asp Thr Lys Ile Gly Pro Leu Val Ser Lys Ile His Gln 325 330 335 Lys Lys Val Leu Ser Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Ala Lys Ala Glu Gly Ala Asn 340 345 350 Ile Val Leu Gly Gly Gly Val Pro Asn Met Pro Asp Asp Leu Lys Asp 355 360 365 Gly Cys Trp Val Glu Pro Thr Ile Trp Thr Gly Leu Pro Glu Ser Ser 370 375 380 Pro Ile Val Arg Glu Glu Ile Phe Gly Pro Cys Cys His Ile Gln Pro 385 390 395 400 Phe Asp Thr Glu Glu Glu Val Leu Asn Met Val Asn Asp Ser Pro Tyr 405 410 415 Gly Leu Ala Thr Ser Ile His Thr Gln Asp Ile Ser Arg Ala Ser Arg 420 425 430 Leu Ala Thr Gln Ile Glu Val Gly Leu Cys Trp Ile Asn Ser Trp Phe 435 440 445 Leu Arg Asp Leu Arg Thr Pro Phe Gly Gly Ser Lys Gln Ser Gly Ile 450 455 460 Gly Arg Glu Gly Gly Leu His Ser Leu Glu Phe Tyr Thr Glu Leu Arg 465 470 475 480 Asn Val Met Ile Lys Tyr 485 7 612 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 7 atgaagcttt attactctcc tggcgcttgc tcgctgtcac cccacattgc cctgcgcgaa 60 gccggtctgg actttgactt ggtcaaggtc gatctcaaaa ccaagaaaac cgatgctggt 120 gacgattact ttgcagtgaa ccccagcggc tatgtgccct gtttgcagat cgacgatggt 180 cgcatgctca ccgaaggccc cgccatcgtg caatacatcg ctgaccaagc ggctggcaaa 240 aaacttgcgc cgctcaacgg cacgtttgag cgctatcaac tacagcagtg gcttaacttt 300 atttccaccg agattcataa aagtttttcc ccgctgttca accccgatgc cagcgctgac 360 tccaaggcta cggcgcgcaa gactttggat gcccgcttgg cgacagcagc agcacaactt 420 tccaagacac cctatttgct tggagagagc tactctgtcg ccgacatcta cctgtttgtt 480 accttgggct gggctggcta tgtgggtgtg gacttggcgc catggcctgc gttgcaacac 540 ttttcggccc gggtggcctc ccgcgatgcc gttcaggcca ccttgcgcgc agaaggtttg 600 attcaggcct ga 612 8 203 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 8 Met Lys Leu Tyr Tyr Ser Pro Gly Ala Cys Ser Leu Ser Pro His Ile 1 5 10 15 Ala Leu Arg Glu Ala Gly Leu Asp Phe Asp Leu Val Lys Val Asp Leu 20 25 30 Lys Thr Lys Lys Thr Asp Ala Gly Asp Asp Tyr Phe Ala Val Asn Pro 35 40 45 Ser Gly Tyr Val Pro Cys Leu Gln Ile Asp Asp Gly Arg Met Leu Thr 50 55 60 Glu Gly Pro Ala Ile Val Gln Tyr Ile Ala Asp Gln Ala Ala Gly Lys 65 70 75 80 Lys Leu Ala Pro Leu Asn Gly Thr Phe Glu Arg Tyr Gln Leu Gln Gln 85 90 95 Trp Leu Asn Phe Ile Ser Thr Glu Ile His Lys Ser Phe Ser Pro Leu 100 105 110 Phe Asn Pro Asp Ala Ser Ala Asp Ser Lys Ala Thr Ala Arg Lys Thr 115 120 125 Leu Asp Ala Arg Leu Ala Thr Ala Ala Ala Gln Leu Ser Lys Thr Pro 130 135 140 Tyr Leu Leu Gly Glu Ser Tyr Ser Val Ala Asp Ile Tyr Leu Phe Val 145 150 155 160 Thr Leu Gly Trp Ala Gly Tyr Val Gly Val Asp Leu Ala Pro Trp Pro 165 170 175 Ala Leu Gln His Phe Ser Ala Arg Val Ala Ser Arg Asp Ala Val Gln 180 185 190 Ala Thr Leu Arg Ala Glu Gly Leu Ile Gln Ala 195 200 9 795 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 9 atgacccaga cgcccaacca actcgccgaa gcgatctggg ccgcccgcca ggccggtcgg 60 acactggacg ccgcagccac catcggcacg cccgacctcg ccaccgccta cgccatccag 120 cgcgcgctgc tcggcctgcg cctggccgcc ggcgagcgcg tggtcgggtg gaagctgggt 180 tacacgtcgg aagtgatgcg ccgccagatg ggcatagccc ggcccaacat cgggccgctg 240 accgaccgga tgctgctgaa ctcgggcgac gcggtgcacg agcgcctggt gcagccgcgg 300 gtcgaacccg agatcgggct gcgcctccaa accgccctcg acgcgcggca cgcgcccgtc 360 gaccgccaca ccgtggtcgc cgccgtggag ggcgcctacg cctgcctcga agtcgtgcac 420 tccacctgga caggctaccg cttcaacctc gaacagaaca ccgccgacaa ctcgtccgcc 480 ggccaggtcg tcgtcgggcc acgcctgccg gtgaccgacc tgatggcggc gggcaccgtg 540 gcggtgcgcc tgcacgacgg cagccaccac acgctgggac agggcgtggg cgccgatgcc 600 gacggccacc ccctggacgc ggtggcgcgg ctggcgcggg agctggccgc gtttggtcag 660 cggctggagg cgggtgatct ggtgatcacg ggtgggctga caaaggcttg tgagctggag 720 gtggggggga ggttgacggg agtgttttcg tttggggacg cttggtcggt agatgtgact 780 gtgcggcgtc tgtga 795 10 264 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 10 Met Thr Gln Thr Pro Asn Gln Leu Ala Glu Ala Ile Trp Ala Ala Arg 1 5 10 15 Gln Ala Gly Arg Thr Leu Asp Ala Ala Ala Thr Ile Gly Thr Pro Asp 20 25 30 Leu Ala Thr Ala Tyr Ala Ile Gln Arg Ala Leu Leu Gly Leu Arg Leu 35 40 45 Ala Ala Gly Glu Arg Val Val Gly Trp Lys Leu Gly Tyr Thr Ser Glu 50 55 60 Val Met Arg Arg Gln Met Gly Ile Ala Arg Pro Asn Ile Gly Pro Leu 65 70 75 80 Thr Asp Arg Met Leu Leu Asn Ser Gly Asp Ala Val His Glu Arg Leu 85 90 95 Val Gln Pro Arg Val Glu Pro Glu Ile Gly Leu Arg Leu Gln Thr Ala 100 105 110 Leu Asp Ala Arg His Ala Pro Val Asp Arg His Thr Val Val Ala Ala 115 120 125 Val Glu Gly Ala Tyr Ala Cys Leu Glu Val Val His Ser Thr Trp Thr 130 135 140 Gly Tyr Arg Phe Asn Leu Glu Gln Asn Thr Ala Asp Asn Ser Ser Ala 145 150 155 160 Gly Gln Val Val Val Gly Pro Arg Leu Pro Val Thr Asp Leu Met Ala 165 170 175 Ala Gly Thr Val Ala Val Arg Leu His Asp Gly Ser His His Thr Leu 180 185 190 Gly Gln Gly Val Gly Ala Asp Ala Asp Gly His Pro Leu Asp Ala Val 195 200 205 Ala Arg Leu Ala Arg Glu Leu Ala Ala Phe Gly Gln Arg Leu Glu Ala 210 215 220 Gly Asp Leu Val Ile Thr Gly Gly Leu Thr Lys Ala Cys Glu Leu Glu 225 230 235 240 Val Gly Gly Arg Leu Thr Gly Val Phe Ser Phe Gly Asp Ala Trp Ser 245 250 255 Val Asp Val Thr Val Arg Arg Leu 260 11 2955 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 11 atgctcgata tcacgaccat ttctcggcaa tcactgggca aagtcgtgtc gtactacgcg 60 gatggtgcgg atgactacta cgcaaaagac ggcggcgcca tgcaatggca aggtgccggc 120 gccgaggcat tgggcctgtc cggggaagta gagcaggccc gattccgcga gctattggat 180 ggccgaatta gcgacagcac gaagctcatg cgcactgtca aagaggctga tggcaaagtg 240 gtcagcaagg aaaggcttgg gtatgacctc accttttcag cgcccaaagg tgtgtcgctc 300 caggccttgg tccacggtga cgccagcatt atcgaagccc acgataaggc ggtggcagca 360 gccattcgcg aggctgaacg gttgtcccag gcccgaataa cggtcaacaa gaagaccggt 420 accgagaaca ccaacaactt ggtggtggcc aagttccgac acgaaacctc acgcgccctg 480 gaccccgacc tgcataccca tgcgttcgtg ctgaacatga cccagcgtag cgacggcgaa 540 tggcgggcac tgaaaaatga cggtgtgttc aattcgtcca tgttcctggg caacgtctac 600 aaggcggaac tggcccgcga gctggaaaag gccggcttcc agttgcgcta tgagcgcaac 660 ggtacattcg acctggcgca tttctccgac gagcagatcc gcgaattcag ttcgcgcagc 720 cagcagatcg aggcagcgct agcggcgaaa ggcctggacc gcagcacagc gtcgtatgct 780 gaaaagaacc aggccgcgct ggccacccgc gacaaaaagc agggtggaat cgaccgcgaa 840 gaattgcgcc aggtttggct tgaacggtcg agggctttgg gtatcgacta ccacagccgc 900 gagtgggccg gcgtcggcgc cgatgcgcaa ggcggcaggg agcgaaacag cgccgccact 960 ccgcagatcg agaagcccct ggagtaccgt gccgaccagg tgatcgaatt cgcgatcaag 1020 agtctgaccg agcgccaggc ggttatcggt cagaaggagc tgatggatac cgcgctgcgc 1080 cacgggtacg gcgccctcac catcgacgac gtgcgcgccg gcatcgagcg gcgtgccgca 1140 tctggccacc tgatccgcga ggaaccgctt tactcttcac aaaaccctgc cgatggaaag 1200 aaggggaagg ccgccgagaa ggcccgcgaa gaggcgccac agctcagccg caaggaatgg 1260 gtggcaaccc ttgtccgcgc cggcaaatcg cgctcagagg ccgccaggct cgttgatgag 1320 ggcatccgca ccggacggct gcgccagggt gaaaaccgtt ttaccacgca catcgcgcag 1380 aagcgcgaac gcgaggtgct gcaaatcgag cgaatggggc gcggtacggt tgagccacgg 1440 atctctaaag aagccgccga agccttcctt gccgatcggg gcttgaaggc ggaacagcag 1500 gcctcggtga tgcggatcgc ccgcacacaa aaccagttca tcggcgtcca gggctttgcc 1560 ggcgtcggca aaagctacat gactgtagcg gccaaggatc tgctggaggc gaacggatac 1620 cgtgtcacca gcctggcgcc ctatggtagc caggtgaagg cgctccaggc cgagggtctg 1680 gaggctcgta ctctgcaatc gttcctcaag gcccgcgata agaagatcga cagcaacacc 1740 gtcgtgttca tcgacgaggc cggcgtaata cctgcgcggc agatgcacga agccatgaaa 1800 accatcgagg ctgccggcgc ccgcgtggtc ttcctgggcg acgtagcaca aaccaaagcc 1860 atcgaggccg gcaaaccctt cgagcagctg atgaaagccg gcatggaaac gtcccggctg 1920 accgacattc agcggcagaa ggacccgcaa ttgctggagg cggtgaagct ggccgccgag 1980 ggtaaagcca agcaatcgct gccactggtg aacgagatac gcgagatcaa ggaagacggg 2040 gcacgctacc aggcgattgt cgacgcctac gccaaaatga cgaaggccga gcgtgaccag 2100 gctctaatta tcaccggtac caacgccagt cggatccaaa tcaacgaagg cgtgcgggag 2160 gcgctgggac tgaaagggca gggcgcggag tatccattgc tcaaccgtct ggatacgacc 2220 caagccgagc gccggcacag taaatactac ggcaagggca gcattgtcgt ccccgaggtg 2280 gactataaga acgggctgca acgtggcgta cagtacgtgg tactcgacac cggccccggc 2340 aacaaactca ccgtgcgcgg gccagaaggc gagacgctgc aattcactcc agcccgttgt 2400 acaaagcttt cggtctacag cgtcgagaga acagagcttg tcgctgggga tcaggtgaaa 2460 atcacccgaa acgacgctga aaaggacttg gccaacggcg accgatttgt ggtgaaggag 2520 atccacagcg accgcgtggt gctcgaagga gacaaaggcc gccaggtcga gctggacaca 2580 gcatcggcta tgttcgtcgg cctggcctat gcttcgaccg ttcacagcgc ccagggtctc 2640 acctgcgaca aggtgctcat caaccttgaa acccaatcgc gcaccaccgc caaggacgtg 2700 tactacgtgg ctatcagccg cgcccgtcat gcagcggaaa tcttcaccga taaccggcag 2760 aagctggggg atgcgatcag ccgcttgaac gccaaggccg gcgccctgga tatcaagcag 2820 ctccagcggc atgcgctcga gcgcaaaggg cacgaccagg ctggcaaaca gaaggacgcc 2880 gtgcagaagc aacagcaagg ccagcaattg ccggccaaac agcccaaaga aaagggcagg 2940 gcattcggtc tgtaa 2955 12 984 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 12 Met Leu Asp Ile Thr Thr Ile Ser Arg Gln Ser Leu Gly Lys Val Val 1 5 10 15 Ser Tyr Tyr Ala Asp Gly Ala Asp Asp Tyr Tyr Ala Lys Asp Gly Gly 20 25 30 Ala Met Gln Trp Gln Gly Ala Gly Ala Glu Ala Leu Gly Leu Ser Gly 35 40 45 Glu Val Glu Gln Ala Arg Phe Arg Glu Leu Leu Asp Gly Arg Ile Ser 50 55 60 Asp Ser Thr Lys Leu Met Arg Thr Val Lys Glu Ala Asp Gly Lys Val 65 70 75 80 Val Ser Lys Glu Arg Leu Gly Tyr Asp Leu Thr Phe Ser Ala Pro Lys 85 90 95 Gly Val Ser Leu Gln Ala Leu Val His Gly Asp Ala Ser Ile Ile Glu 100 105 110 Ala His Asp Lys Ala Val Ala Ala Ala Ile Arg Glu Ala Glu Arg Leu 115 120 125 Ser Gln Ala Arg Ile Thr Val Asn Lys Lys Thr Gly Thr Glu Asn Thr 130 135 140 Asn Asn Leu Val Val Ala Lys Phe Arg His Glu Thr Ser Arg Ala Leu 145 150 155 160 Asp Pro Asp Leu His Thr His Ala Phe Val Leu Asn Met Thr Gln Arg 165 170 175 Ser Asp Gly Glu Trp Arg Ala Leu Lys Asn Asp Gly Val Phe Asn Ser 180 185 190 Ser Met Phe Leu Gly Asn Val Tyr Lys Ala Glu Leu Ala Arg Glu Leu 195 200 205 Glu Lys Ala Gly Phe Gln Leu Arg Tyr Glu Arg Asn Gly Thr Phe Asp 210 215 220 Leu Ala His Phe Ser Asp Glu Gln Ile Arg Glu Phe Ser Ser Arg Ser 225 230 235 240 Gln Gln Ile Glu Ala Ala Leu Ala Ala Lys Gly Leu Asp Arg Ser Thr 245 250 255 Ala Ser Tyr Ala Glu Lys Asn Gln Ala Ala Leu Ala Thr Arg Asp Lys 260 265 270 Lys Gln Gly Gly Ile Asp Arg Glu Glu Leu Arg Gln Val Trp Leu Glu 275 280 285 Arg Ser Arg Ala Leu Gly Ile Asp Tyr His Ser Arg Glu Trp Ala Gly 290 295 300 Val Gly Ala Asp Ala Gln Gly Gly Arg Glu Arg Asn Ser Ala Ala Thr 305 310 315 320 Pro Gln Ile Glu Lys Pro Leu Glu Tyr Arg Ala Asp Gln Val Ile Glu 325 330 335 Phe Ala Ile Lys Ser Leu Thr Glu Arg Gln Ala Val Ile Gly Gln Lys 340 345 350 Glu Leu Met Asp Thr Ala Leu Arg His Gly Tyr Gly Ala Leu Thr Ile 355 360 365 Asp Asp Val Arg Ala Gly Ile Glu Arg Arg Ala Ala Ser Gly His Leu 370 375 380 Ile Arg Glu Glu Pro Leu Tyr Ser Ser Gln Asn Pro Ala Asp Gly Lys 385 390 395 400 Lys Gly Lys Ala Ala Glu Lys Ala Arg Glu Glu Ala Pro Gln Leu Ser 405 410 415 Arg Lys Glu Trp Val Ala Thr Leu Val Arg Ala Gly Lys Ser Arg Ser 420 425 430 Glu Ala Ala Arg Leu Val Asp Glu Gly Ile Arg Thr Gly Arg Leu Arg 435 440 445 Gln Gly Glu Asn Arg Phe Thr Thr His Ile Ala Gln Lys Arg Glu Arg 450 455 460 Glu Val Leu Gln Ile Glu Arg Met Gly Arg Gly Thr Val Glu Pro Arg 465 470 475 480 Ile Ser Lys Glu Ala Ala Glu Ala Phe Leu Ala Asp Arg Gly Leu Lys 485 490 495 Ala Glu Gln Gln Ala Ser Val Met Arg Ile Ala Arg Thr Gln Asn Gln 500 505 510 Phe Ile Gly Val Gln Gly Phe Ala Gly Val Gly Lys Ser Tyr Met Thr 515 520 525 Val Ala Ala Lys Asp Leu Leu Glu Ala Asn Gly Tyr Arg Val Thr Ser 530 535 540 Leu Ala Pro Tyr Gly Ser Gln Val Lys Ala Leu Gln Ala Glu Gly Leu 545 550 555 560 Glu Ala Arg Thr Leu Gln Ser Phe Leu Lys Ala Arg Asp Lys Lys Ile 565 570 575 Asp Ser Asn Thr Val Val Phe Ile Asp Glu Ala Gly Val Ile Pro Ala 580 585 590 Arg Gln Met His Glu Ala Met Lys Thr Ile Glu Ala Ala Gly Ala Arg 595 600 605 Val Val Phe Leu Gly Asp Val Ala Gln Thr Lys Ala Ile Glu Ala Gly 610 615 620 Lys Pro Phe Glu Gln Leu Met Lys Ala Gly Met Glu Thr Ser Arg Leu 625 630 635 640 Thr Asp Ile Gln Arg Gln Lys Asp Pro Gln Leu Leu Glu Ala Val Lys 645 650 655 Leu Ala Ala Glu Gly Lys Ala Lys Gln Ser Leu Pro Leu Val Asn Glu 660 665 670 Ile Arg Glu Ile Lys Glu Asp Gly Ala Arg Tyr Gln Ala Ile Val Asp 675 680 685 Ala Tyr Ala Lys Met Thr Lys Ala Glu Arg Asp Gln Ala Leu Ile Ile 690 695 700 Thr Gly Thr Asn Ala Ser Arg Ile Gln Ile Asn Glu Gly Val Arg Glu 705 710 715 720 Ala Leu Gly Leu Lys Gly Gln Gly Ala Glu Tyr Pro Leu Leu Asn Arg 725 730 735 Leu Asp Thr Thr Gln Ala Glu Arg Arg His Ser Lys Tyr Tyr Gly Lys 740 745 750 Gly Ser Ile Val Val Pro Glu Val Asp Tyr Lys Asn Gly Leu Gln Arg 755 760 765 Gly Val Gln Tyr Val Val Leu Asp Thr Gly Pro Gly Asn Lys Leu Thr 770 775 780 Val Arg Gly Pro Glu Gly Glu Thr Leu Gln Phe Thr Pro Ala Arg Cys 785 790 795 800 Thr Lys Leu Ser Val Tyr Ser Val Glu Arg Thr Glu Leu Val Ala Gly 805 810 815 Asp Gln Val Lys Ile Thr Arg Asn Asp Ala Glu Lys Asp Leu Ala Asn 820 825 830 Gly Asp Arg Phe Val Val Lys Glu Ile His Ser Asp Arg Val Val Leu 835 840 845 Glu Gly Asp Lys Gly Arg Gln Val Glu Leu Asp Thr Ala Ser Ala Met 850 855 860 Phe Val Gly Leu Ala Tyr Ala Ser Thr Val His Ser Ala Gln Gly Leu 865 870 875 880 Thr Cys Asp Lys Val Leu Ile Asn Leu Glu Thr Gln Ser Arg Thr Thr 885 890 895 Ala Lys Asp Val Tyr Tyr Val Ala Ile Ser Arg Ala Arg His Ala Ala 900 905 910 Glu Ile Phe Thr Asp Asn Arg Gln Lys Leu Gly Asp Ala Ile Ser Arg 915 920 925 Leu Asn Ala Lys Ala Gly Ala Leu Asp Ile Lys Gln Leu Gln Arg His 930 935 940 Ala Leu Glu Arg Lys Gly His Asp Gln Ala Gly Lys Gln Lys Asp Ala 945 950 955 960 Val Gln Lys Gln Gln Gln Gly Gln Gln Leu Pro Ala Lys Gln Pro Lys 965 970 975 Glu Lys Gly Arg Ala Phe Gly Leu 980 13 1539 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 13 atgaacgagc gccaacgatc tcaaatctgc ctcgccgtca tggtgctggt gccactgttc 60 gcgtggttct ttaccgccaa gctgatgtat ggaattgaaa agcaaggcgc ccgagacagg 120 gtgttctacc tggcgaaaaa cacgttcacc ttgtggccgc ttgcggttgc tttagttggt 180 gggctgatac tcgcgattgc gttgtgcgtg cttatcgtga agttgagcaa gaccactttt 240 gccggcgctc actttgataa gtatttccgt ggtagccaac ttgtctccca gcgtgagctt 300 aaacgactga caaaggagaa agaggaacaa ataactattg ccggggtgcc tgttcctatt 360 gctgccgagg cgacacactt ctcagttggc ggggccacgg gtacgggtaa gagtacgatt 420 ttccgcgaaa tgatgtatgg ctgcatgcag cggaaagatc gcatggtaat ccttgatccc 480 gatggagagt tcctatctac cttctaccgc aagggcgata aaatcctgaa tccatatgat 540 gccaggacgg aaggttggaa cttctataac gaaatccgta gtcactacga tttcgagcgc 600 tacgcaaaat ccattattca agtttcagac agtaacgact cggaagaatg gaaccagtat 660 ggccgtctgc tgttcgcaga ggtggccaag aagctgtata acaccacgcg caaccctggc 720 atgcgggaag tattccgatg gactaacgag tgcgactcgg aaactcttca ggcttttgta 780 aaaggcacaa gagccgtatc tttgtttact gaaaacgagc gcgctacagg cagcgtccgg 840 tttgtcctca gtaataaact acctgcgcat tttgatatgc caccaggcaa tttttcgctg 900 cgccagtggt gcgaagatcc taacggcggc aacttgttta tcacttggga cgagaacatg 960 cgcgaagcgc tgcgcccatt gattagttgc tgggtggata ccattttcac cagcattctt 1020 gggatgaagt ccaatcccaa gcgccggatc tggaccttcc ttgacgagct ggaatcgctg 1080 caacgactgc ccaccctggg cgacatgttg actcggggcc ggaagaaggg cggttgcgtg 1140 gtatctggct accagtccta cacccagctc gaatccgtgt atggcgagaa actggctgaa 1200 acgatgctgg ccaaccaccg gacaatggtt gccctggccg ttggccgcat gggtacggca 1260 accgccgaac gcatgtccaa agccttgagc gagcatgaag tactgcgcac caaggaaggc 1320 cgcagctcgc gctggggtga ctggggcact cgcagcgaga acgaggatgt gaaacccgag 1380 cgcatcgtta tgtcgtcgga gatcatggct ttgaacaacc tcgaaggctt cctgtcgttc 1440 cccggaagca tcccgattgc gcgtgtgacc atcgacccga tcaacttcac ccgcacgaac 1500 ccggtaccgg gcatcgtccc aaaccttgag atcatctaa 1539 14 512 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 14 Met Asn Glu Arg Gln Arg Ser Gln Ile Cys Leu Ala Val Met Val Leu 1 5 10 15 Val Pro Leu Phe Ala Trp Phe Phe Thr Ala Lys Leu Met Tyr Gly Ile 20 25 30 Glu Lys Gln Gly Ala Arg Asp Arg Val Phe Tyr Leu Ala Lys Asn Thr 35 40 45 Phe Thr Leu Trp Pro Leu Ala Val Ala Leu Val Gly Gly Leu Ile Leu 50 55 60 Ala Ile Ala Leu Cys Val Leu Ile Val Lys Leu Ser Lys Thr Thr Phe 65 70 75 80 Ala Gly Ala His Phe Asp Lys Tyr Phe Arg Gly Ser Gln Leu Val Ser 85 90 95 Gln Arg Glu Leu Lys Arg Leu Thr Lys Glu Lys Glu Glu Gln Ile Thr 100 105 110 Ile Ala Gly Val Pro Val Pro Ile Ala Ala Glu Ala Thr His Phe Ser 115 120 125 Val Gly Gly Ala Thr Gly Thr Gly Lys Ser Thr Ile Phe Arg Glu Met 130 135 140 Met Tyr Gly Cys Met Gln Arg Lys Asp Arg Met Val Ile Leu Asp Pro 145 150 155 160 Asp Gly Glu Phe Leu Ser Thr Phe Tyr Arg Lys Gly Asp Lys Ile Leu 165 170 175 Asn Pro Tyr Asp Ala Arg Thr Glu Gly Trp Asn Phe Tyr Asn Glu Ile 180 185 190 Arg Ser His Tyr Asp Phe Glu Arg Tyr Ala Lys Ser Ile Ile Gln Val 195 200 205 Ser Asp Ser Asn Asp Ser Glu Glu Trp Asn Gln Tyr Gly Arg Leu Leu 210 215 220 Phe Ala Glu Val Ala Lys Lys Leu Tyr Asn Thr Thr Arg Asn Pro Gly 225 230 235 240 Met Arg Glu Val Phe Arg Trp Thr Asn Glu Cys Asp Ser Glu Thr Leu 245 250 255 Gln Ala Phe Val Lys Gly Thr Arg Ala Val Ser Leu Phe Thr Glu Asn 260 265 270 Glu Arg Ala Thr Gly Ser Val Arg Phe Val Leu Ser Asn Lys Leu Pro 275 280 285 Ala His Phe Asp Met Pro Pro Gly Asn Phe Ser Leu Arg Gln Trp Cys 290 295 300 Glu Asp Pro Asn Gly Gly Asn Leu Phe Ile Thr Trp Asp Glu Asn Met 305 310 315 320 Arg Glu Ala Leu Arg Pro Leu Ile Ser Cys Trp Val Asp Thr Ile Phe 325 330 335 Thr Ser Ile Leu Gly Met Lys Ser Asn Pro Lys Arg Arg Ile Trp Thr 340 345 350 Phe Leu Asp Glu Leu Glu Ser Leu Gln Arg Leu Pro Thr Leu Gly Asp 355 360 365 Met Leu Thr Arg Gly Arg Lys Lys Gly Gly Cys Val Val Ser Gly Tyr 370 375 380 Gln Ser Tyr Thr Gln Leu Glu Ser Val Tyr Gly Glu Lys Leu Ala Glu 385 390 395 400 Thr Met Leu Ala Asn His Arg Thr Met Val Ala Leu Ala Val Gly Arg 405 410 415 Met Gly Thr Ala Thr Ala Glu Arg Met Ser Lys Ala Leu Ser Glu His 420 425 430 Glu Val Leu Arg Thr Lys Glu Gly Arg Ser Ser Arg Trp Gly Asp Trp 435 440 445 Gly Thr Arg Ser Glu Asn Glu Asp Val Lys Pro Glu Arg Ile Val Met 450 455 460 Ser Ser Glu Ile Met Ala Leu Asn Asn Leu Glu Gly Phe Leu Ser Phe 465 470 475 480 Pro Gly Ser Ile Pro Ile Ala Arg Val Thr Ile Asp Pro Ile Asn Phe 485 490 495 Thr Arg Thr Asn Pro Val Pro Gly Ile Val Pro Asn Leu Glu Ile Ile 500 505 510 15 390 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 15 gtgcaagccc tgattttgct gtattttgtg tctgacacac gtcagacaag gagaccatcc 60 gtgcccacag tgagctttcg atgcaccgaa acacagaaaa tcgagctgga agagcggtcc 120 cagggcgaca tttcggagta tgtacgccgg cagcttttcc ggcagatgga gcaggaggac 180 acgctagaaa tgatcctcca gcgcctcgat caacggcctg gcggtgacgg ccagccgacc 240 gctggaatcg accgccagtc gatggccatc ttgatcgagc tgctattgct tctgcgcacc 300 gcgtccaaac cggatgctaa gagggaagcc caggccgagg tcgagcgcct gggcttcgac 360 gtatgggatt catcaaagag ggatagctga 390 16 129 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 16 Val Gln Ala Leu Ile Leu Leu Tyr Phe Val Ser Asp Thr Arg Gln Thr 1 5 10 15 Arg Arg Pro Ser Val Pro Thr Val Ser Phe Arg Cys Thr Glu Thr Gln 20 25 30 Lys Ile Glu Leu Glu Glu Arg Ser Gln Gly Asp Ile Ser Glu Tyr Val 35 40 45 Arg Arg Gln Leu Phe Arg Gln Met Glu Gln Glu Asp Thr Leu Glu Met 50 55 60 Ile Leu Gln Arg Leu Asp Gln Arg Pro Gly Gly Asp Gly Gln Pro Thr 65 70 75 80 Ala Gly Ile Asp Arg Gln Ser Met Ala Ile Leu Ile Glu Leu Leu Leu 85 90 95 Leu Leu Arg Thr Ala Ser Lys Pro Asp Ala Lys Arg Glu Ala Gln Ala 100 105 110 Glu Val Glu Arg Leu Gly Phe Asp Val Trp Asp Ser Ser Lys Arg Asp 115 120 125 Ser 17 438 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 17 atgagcaaaa agacgtacat gctcgatacg aacatctgtt cgttcatcat gcgcgagcgc 60 cccgacgcgg tgctggccaa gctggaacag gcagtcacta atcagcaccg gattgtcgtt 120 tcggccatca cctactccga aatgcgtttc ggggccgcca accccaaggc atcgcccaag 180 gttgcagcga tggtcgatgc cttcatccag cgcctggacg ccatcctgtc ctgggacgcc 240 gccgccgtag atcaaacaac gcagatccgc accgccctcg cccgcctggg tacgcccatt 300 ggcaacaacg atgcagcgat agccggccat gccctggccg ctgggtgtgt tctggtcacg 360 aacaacactc gcgaatttgc tcgcgttcct ggcctagtcc ttgaggactg gacccaaccc 420 gccattacca agagttga 438 18 145 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 18 Met Ser Lys Lys Thr Tyr Met Leu Asp Thr Asn Ile Cys Ser Phe Ile 1 5 10 15 Met Arg Glu Arg Pro Asp Ala Val Leu Ala Lys Leu Glu Gln Ala Val 20 25 30 Thr Asn Gln His Arg Ile Val Val Ser Ala Ile Thr Tyr Ser Glu Met 35 40 45 Arg Phe Gly Ala Ala Asn Pro Lys Ala Ser Pro Lys Val Ala Ala Met 50 55 60 Val Asp Ala Phe Ile Gln Arg Leu Asp Ala Ile Leu Ser Trp Asp Ala 65 70 75 80 Ala Ala Val Asp Gln Thr Thr Gln Ile Arg Thr Ala Leu Ala Arg Leu 85 90 95 Gly Thr Pro Ile Gly Asn Asn Asp Ala Ala Ile Ala Gly His Ala Leu 100 105 110 Ala Ala Gly Cys Val Leu Val Thr Asn Asn Thr Arg Glu Phe Ala Arg 115 120 125 Val Pro Gly Leu Val Leu Glu Asp Trp Thr Gln Pro Ala Ile Thr Lys 130 135 140 Ser 145 19 237 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 19 atgcgtaccg tttccatttt catgaacagc cgaaaccagg cgatccgcat ccctcgggat 60 atggagtacc agggcgtttc cgagctggag attatccgcg acggcgaaac gctgatcctg 120 cgccctgtgc gcccctcctg ggcatcgttg cgcgacgtgg cggccgcaga tcctgacttt 180 ctgaccgagc gaaaggatgt gatcgaggaa gaccgtttcc tgggtgactt cacatga 237 20 78 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 20 Met Arg Thr Val Ser Ile Phe Met Asn Ser Arg Asn Gln Ala Ile Arg 1 5 10 15 Ile Pro Arg Asp Met Glu Tyr Gln Gly Val Ser Glu Leu Glu Ile Ile 20 25 30 Arg Asp Gly Glu Thr Leu Ile Leu Arg Pro Val Arg Pro Ser Trp Ala 35 40 45 Ser Leu Arg Asp Val Ala Ala Ala Asp Pro Asp Phe Leu Thr Glu Arg 50 55 60 Lys Asp Val Ile Glu Glu Asp Arg Phe Leu Gly Asp Phe Thr 65 70 75 21 1137 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 21 atgtcgtcca atgagttgtt tgatatcgac cccgacgtgg ccaccacccc accaccgaaa 60 cgtcggccag cggccagagg ccccttggtc gggcaggacg caatcaacat cgacaagtgg 120 cgcaagcgca tcgaggctga agcacgacca ggcgaaacct accagcaggc ggcggagcgg 180 ctgaaacgcg aagaggccaa gcaaccgaag gacaaggcac cagggcgcga agcggtgaag 240 acctcagcgg gacgcaaaca agtagtggtg ctcgaaacgc agctcgattt ctggatcgcg 300 accggcctgc cggcgatccc caaagatgag cgacctacga tggagcaccc gatctacgcc 360 gtggaagacg gagataccag gcagatcacc tacgagcaca acgggaacaa aatcgagatc 420 actcccagcg ttgccggtcg ggcgacccag catgacaaag atatcgtgct gttttgcgta 480 tcgaagctag tggctgcgat caacgccggc atagccgtat caccgactat cgagacgacc 540 gctcacgaac ttttgagctt cacgcgcagc agtaccagcg agcgcggcta tgagctgctt 600 agcaaggctt tcgacagact caccggtact cgcatgcggg ccacctttga gtcgacgaaa 660 gaccgtgacg gcagccgtcg ctgggttggc ctgctcgatg acgtggagat catcactagg 720 ggcgccaaga accgcatgtg cgccattcgg ataaaggtat ccgacaccac gtttaacgcc 780 gcgaaggcca tggatgtgtt gaccattccg ggcgactatt ttgggctgcg cagcgccatt 840 gccaaacgca tctatgagct ttgccggaaa cattgcggcg atcagggcca atggaagatt 900 ggcctggctc tgctgcaaaa gaaggtcgga agcgcccagg ccgaaaagaa gtttcgcgct 960 aaggtcaagg agctggccga ggccggcagc ttgctcgact acttcatgac ctacctgccc 1020 gacgaagacg ccgtgttgtt cttcaacaag tccgacgccg gcaaagcggc cttgctcaaa 1080 gccacgcgca acggtatcaa gaagccacgc aaggccaagg ccgctcccgc tgcatga 1137 22 378 PRT Pseudomonas CT14 22 Met Ser Ser Asn Glu Leu Phe Asp Ile Asp Pro Asp Val Ala Thr Thr 1 5 10 15 Pro Pro Pro Lys Arg Arg Pro Ala Ala Arg Gly Pro Leu Val Gly Gln 20 25 30 Asp Ala Ile Asn Ile Asp Lys Trp Arg Lys Arg Ile Glu Ala Glu Ala 35 40 45 Arg Pro Gly Glu Thr Tyr Gln Gln Ala Ala Glu Arg Leu Lys Arg Glu 50 55 60 Glu Ala Lys Gln Pro Lys Asp Lys Ala Pro Gly Arg Glu Ala Val Lys 65 70 75 80 Thr Ser Ala Gly Arg Lys Gln Val Val Val Leu Glu Thr Gln Leu Asp 85 90 95 Phe Trp Ile Ala Thr Gly Leu Pro Ala Ile Pro Lys Asp Glu Arg Pro 100 105 110 Thr Met Glu His Pro Ile Tyr Ala Val Glu Asp Gly Asp Thr Arg Gln 115 120 125 Ile Thr Tyr Glu His Asn Gly Asn Lys Ile Glu Ile Thr Pro Ser Val 130 135 140 Ala Gly Arg Ala Thr Gln His Asp Lys Asp Ile Val Leu Phe Cys Val 145 150 155 160 Ser Lys Leu Val Ala Ala Ile Asn Ala Gly Ile Ala Val Ser Pro Thr 165 170 175 Ile Glu Thr Thr Ala His Glu Leu Leu Ser Phe Thr Arg Ser Ser Thr 180 185 190 Ser Glu Arg Gly Tyr Glu Leu Leu Ser Lys Ala Phe Asp Arg Leu Thr 195 200 205 Gly Thr Arg Met Arg Ala Thr Phe Glu Ser Thr Lys Asp Arg Asp Gly 210 215 220 Ser Arg Arg Trp Val Gly Leu Leu Asp Asp Val Glu Ile Ile Thr Arg 225 230 235 240 Gly Ala Lys Asn Arg Met Cys Ala Ile Arg Ile Lys Val Ser Asp Thr 245 250 255 Thr Phe Asn Ala Ala Lys Ala Met Asp Val Leu Thr Ile Pro Gly Asp 260 265 270 Tyr Phe Gly Leu Arg Ser Ala Ile Ala Lys Arg Ile Tyr Glu Leu Cys 275 280 285 Arg Lys His Cys Gly Asp Gln Gly Gln Trp Lys Ile Gly Leu Ala Leu 290 295 300 Leu Gln Lys Lys Val Gly Ser Ala Gln Ala Glu Lys Lys Phe Arg Ala 305 310 315 320 Lys Val Lys Glu Leu Ala Glu Ala Gly Ser Leu Leu Asp Tyr Phe Met 325 330 335 Thr Tyr Leu Pro Asp Glu Asp Ala Val Leu Phe Phe Asn Lys Ser Asp 340 345 350 Ala Gly Lys Ala Ala Leu Leu Lys Ala Thr Arg Asn Gly Ile Lys Lys 355 360 365 Pro Arg Lys Ala Lys Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala 370 375 23 55216 DNA Pseudomonas CT14 23 ggtggcaaca gcggttaaca gtggttttgc caacgttgcg aggcagcgct gcgcctgtca 60 ccgccaaaaa cgggtcatac cgaaaaatct cgggcaactg gctttgagaa atcaacccag 120 cagtcccctg tgtgcatgcc tgagacgccc caaacgtgtg ctatacttgt gctcatgcgg 180 ttggatttcc tatcccccga cctgccatag ccggcgcgcc ccaccctcaa cctttccagg 240 cggagccccc ccatgaccca gacgcccaac caactcgccg aagcgatctg ggccgcccgc 300 caggccggtc ggacactgga gaggcagcgc tgcgcctgtc accgccaaaa acgggtcata 360 ccgaaaaatc tcgggcaact ggctttgaga aatcaaccca gcagtcccct gtgtgcatgc 420 ctgagacgcc ccaaacgtgt gctatacttg tgctcatgcg gttggatttc ctatccccga 480 agttcctctc cgcagccgac accaaccagc agcgcagtcc tctgttcaag cgggtttgaa 540 ggggaataag catgttcttc gacacccgcc ccaaggtcag cgtgcatgtc atgcaaaccg 600 gtgaaacctt tccctgcgcc acggatgaga gtctgctgca aggcatgctg cgcctgggcc 660 gcaagggcat cccggtgggc tgcgtcaacg gcggctgtgg ggtctgcaag gtccatgtta 720 ttgagggtca atgccggcct ctgggtcctg ttagccgcgc gcatgtcagt gccgcagagg 780 aagcacgcgg cttcaccctg gcctgccgtg tggcgccggt caccccggtt caactggagg 840 tggtgggcaa gtttgaaaag gttttttcaa aagggttcgt ttcatcaacg aacgagatta 900 ttaacaaatg aaggagacac acatgagtat tatgagagtt ggccacgtca gcatcaacgt 960 gatggacatg gccgcagcag tgaagcacta cgaaaacgtg ctgggcctaa agacgaccat 1020 gcaggacaat gccgggaacg tgtacctgaa atgttgggac gagtgggata aatattccct 1080 tatcctcacc ccatcggaca gggctggaat gaaccacgtc gcctacaagg ttaccaaaga 1140 cagtgatctg gacgccttcc aagctaggat tgaagccgct ggcaccaaga ccaccatgat 1200 gcccgagggc acgctgccat ccacggggcg catgctggtg tttaaattgc caagcacgca 1260 cgaaatgcgt ctttacgcca tgaaagaaaa cgtcggcacc gaggtgggta gcatcaatcc 1320 cgatccgtgg ccagacagca tcaagggtgc cggggcgcac tggttggatc acgtactact 1380 gatgtgtgag ttcgatccgg gcactggtgt caatagggtg gccgacaaca cacggttctt 1440 cattgatgtg ctggattttt tcctgaccga gcaattgacc gtcggccccg atggctcatt 1500 ccagtcggca tcgttcctgt cgtgctcgag caagccgcat gacattgcgt ttgttggtgc 1560 gccgactccc ggcctgcacc atatttcgta tttcctggac tcgtggcacg acattctcaa 1620 ggcgggcgat gtcatggcca agaacaaggt acgtattgat gcgtcaccta cacgccatgg 1680 cttcacgcgc ggcgagacga tctatttctt cgaccctagc ggcaaccgca atgagacctt 1740 tgcaggactg gggtaccagg cgcagcggga ccgcccggtg acgacttgga ccgaagatca 1800 agcgggtcgc gcaattttct tccacaccgg cgagatggtg tcgtcgttca cagatgtgta 1860 cacatgatcg attgaatgac cagtgggggc cccaagtctt gattcatcag cttggggcgc 1920 ctttgtttca ataacggata accacccatg caaaagacca tttcaccgca agcccctaac 1980 ccgactcaca gcatcgtcgt gcccacgatt gactggcacg ccgcacacga ggcagttggt 2040 gccgcagtgc aggcggcgca ggccatgggt atacgcgtca acgtcgcggt ggtggacgct 2100 tccggtgtgc tggccgcctt cttgcgcatg ccgggggccc cgctgcattc ggtcgaaatc 2160 gccatagaca aagcctacac cgcagtcagt tttggcttgg cgaccagcca gtggcatggg 2220 gcgttgcagc agcattcagt ggccgtgcgc gagggcattg tgttgcggcc ccgctttgtg 2280 gcgtttggcg gcggcttgcc ggtgctggaa aacggacagc gcattggcgg catcggcgtc 2340 tccggtggct ccgagcaaga ggatgaaagc tgcgcccgcg ccgggttggc cgccctgggt 2400 ttggcggcat aacagcaccc gcccaattac cacttcaaga gagagaaaaa tgaaagacat 2460 caggaacttc atcaacggtg aatacgtcac caatgtcagc ggcaagacct acgagaagcg 2520 caacccggtt gataacagcc taatcggcat ggtccatgaa gctggtcagc ccgaggtgga 2580 tgcggcggtg gccgccgcgc gcgcggcact gaacgggccc tggggcaagc tctcggtggt 2640 cgaccgctgc gccatgctcg atggtgtggt tgccgagatc aaccgccggt ttgatgattt 2700 tctgcaggcc gaaattgccg ataccggcaa gcccgcgcac ctggcatcgc acatcgacat 2760 cccgcgcggt gccgccaact tcaagatatt caccgacacc atcaaaaacg tctcgaccga 2820 atcctttgag atgcgcaccc ccgacggtaa aacagcgcgc agctacggcg tgcgcacccc 2880 gcgtggcgtc attgccatca tctgcccatg gaatttgccg ctgctgctga tgacctggaa 2940 atgtggcccg gccatggcct gcggcaacac tgtggtcgtc aagccatcag aggccactcc 3000 cagcaccgcc acgctgttgg gcgaagtcat gaacaaggtc ggcgtaccgc ccggcgtcta 3060 caacgtggtg aacggctttg gcgtcaactc ggcgggctcc ttcctgaccg cgcaccaggg 3120 cgtcaacggc atcaccttca ccggtgaaac caagactggc accgccatca tgaaagccgg 3180 tgccgacggc atccgcccgg tgtcactcga attgggcggc aaaaacgcgg ccgtggtgtt 3240 tgccgactgc gattttgaaa acgctctggc caccgtgacc cgctctgcct ttgagaactg 3300 cggccaggtc tgtctgggca ctgagcgcgt gtatgtggag cgaccgattt ttgacaaatt 3360 cgtcagcgcc ctgaaagagc gcgccgcggc catcaagccc ggccgtccgt ttgatgccga 3420 taccaaaatt ggcccgctgg tgagcaaaat ccaccagaaa aaggtgctgt cttactacgc 3480 caaagccaaa gcagaaggtg ccaatattgt tcttggtggc ggcgttccca atatgccaga 3540 tgacctgaaa gacggctgct gggtcgaacc caccatctgg actggcctgc ccgagagttc 3600 acctattgtt cgtgaagaaa tttttggccc atgctgccat atccagccgt ttgacaccga 3660 agaagaggtg ctgaatatgg tcaacgacag cccctacggc ctggccactt ctattcacac 3720 ccaggatatc agccgagcca gccgtcttgc aacgcaaatc gaggtgggtc tgtgctggat 3780 caacagctgg ttcctgcgtg atttgcgcac accctttggc ggctccaagc agtcgggtat 3840 cgggcgtgaa ggtggcctgc attcgctgga gttctacacc gaactgcgca acgtgatgat 3900 caagtattga gaatattgtg cccccatttt tttataagaa actcctatga agctttatta 3960 ctctcctggc gcttgctcgc tgtcacccca cattgccctg cgcgaagccg gtctggactt 4020 tgacttggtc aaggtcgatc tcaaaaccaa gaaaaccgat gctggtgacg attactttgc 4080 agtgaacccc agcggctatg tgccctgttt gcagatcgac gatggtcgca tgctcaccga 4140 aggccccgcc atcgtgcaat acatcgctga ccaagcggct ggcaaaaaac ttgcgccgct 4200 caacggcacg tttgagcgct atcaactaca gcagtggctt aactttattt ccaccgagat 4260 tcataaaagt ttttccccgc tgttcaaccc cgatgccagc gctgactcca aggctacggc 4320 gcgcaagact ttggatgccc gcttggcgac agcagcagca caactttcca agacacccta 4380 tttgcttgga gagagctact ctgtcgccga catctacctg tttgttacct tgggctgggc 4440 tggctatgtg ggtgtggact tggcgccatg gcctgcgttg caacactttt cggcccgggt 4500 ggcctcccgc gatgccgttc 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gccgatgaga tcaccctcac cccgctggag ctgattgaac 5400 gtatcgccaa gctggtgccc ccgccgcgca cgcaccgcca ccgctacttt ggcgtgctgg 5460 caccgaactc acccttgagg cctgccgtca cggcgttggc gcgtgatgca gcggtgaaac 5520 cggcgcaggt gcaagccgag ccagccagca cggctgcagg cgagggcgca cttggggtaa 5580 gaagcccact gccaacccag accgagcccg cccagccggt gccacccaag cgcccggcgc 5640 actatttgtg ggcggtgctg atggcccgta tctacgaggt gttcccgctg ctgtgcccca 5700 tctgcggcgg gcaaatgcac atcatcgcct tcatcacaca cagtgccgat atccgccaaa 5760 tactggagca catcggggtg gagacggagc cgccgcacat caccccggca cgcgggccgc 5820 cactgtggga cgagtgcgac gcgcaagccg cagagggcgt ggagccagcc ccagactggg 5880 atgaagcgac ccaaccggcc ccggacttcg aggtcgatca gcgcgtcagt tggtagggtg 5940 gcaacagcgg ttaacagtgg ttttgccaac gttgcgaggc agcgctgcgc ctgtcaccgc 6000 caaaaacggg tcataccgaa aaatctcggg caactggctt tgagaaatca acccagcagt 6060 cccctgtgtg catgcctgag acgccccaaa cgtgtgctat acttgtgctc atgcggttgg 6120 atttcctatc ccccgacctg ccatagccgg cgcgccccac cctcaacctt tccaggcgga 6180 gcccccccat gacccagacg cccaaccaac tcgccgaagc gatctgggcc gcccgccagg 6240 ccggtcggac actggacgcc gcagccacca tcggcacgcc cgacctcgcc accgcctacg 6300 ccatccagcg cgcgctgctc ggcctgcgcc tggccgccgg cgagcgcgtg gtcgggtgga 6360 agctgggtta cacgtcggaa gtgatgcgcc gccagatggg catagcccgg cccaacatcg 6420 ggccgctgac cgaccggatg ctgctgaact cgggcgacgc ggtgcacgag cgcctggtgc 6480 agccgcgggt cgaacccgag atcgggctgc gcctccaaac cgccctcgac gcgcggcacg 6540 cgcccgtcga ccgccacacc gtggtcgccg ccgtggaggg cgcctacgcc tgcctcgaag 6600 tcgtgcactc cacctggaca ggctaccgct tcaacctcga acagaacacc gccgacaact 6660 cgtccgccgg ccaggtcgtc gtcgggccac gcctgccggt gaccgacctg atggcggcgg 6720 gcaccgtggc ggtgcgcctg cacgacggca gccaccacac gctgggacag ggcgtgggcg 6780 ccgatgccga cggccacccc ctggacgcgg tggcgcggct ggcgcgggag ctggccgcgt 6840 ttggtcagcg gctggaggcg ggtgatctgg tgatcacggg tgggctgaca aaggcttgtg 6900 agctggaggt gggggggagg ttgacgggag tgttttcgtt tggggacgct tggtcggtag 6960 atgtgactgt gcggcgtctg tgaaacgaca cttgataggt gcggatcgcc tgcacatcaa 7020 cccggtcaac gaacggctcc atcaaagacg ccagtgcagc gtgagcggtc gcgtgacacc 7080 ttgaccagtg agcggccggt ggaggcgcct ctacgatggc ctgcagagag gtcgagtgac 7140 agccaccagc cttgtgcgga cttcggccgc gatcaaatga agcgctgcca cgggtcggcg 7200 ccgagccgac cgcgcaagcc cttcctcaag caactgtatg cctgcaaggg gtatccgctt 7260 agctccatca gccccattga cactgtgatt tcatccagca atggtatccg attgcctctc 7320 cccggtgttc ttgctcacga catccccata cgtcactggc ggcgtcacca ccgcttgctg 7380 cagcaagcgt taaaacagca tcccgcgtga gctggatgtg cgccggttga aacggaacac 7440 gaattcatcg agataggcgt ccaggtgttc gggttgcaca gaaccgtggt gcgttcccag 7500 cacccagcgc tgtaccaacg aggcgacccg gtgcactccc gccatggaga catggggtct 7560 cctcgttttc agtgcaataa gtgacggtac gcaaagctag cactggcgcg ggggtggtct 7620 gggtagaccg ttgatttcat tgactttcct gttcgctttg taaacgggta tggtggcctc 7680 ccacttttga ggttcacgat gcagggttgg cacacaacgt ttttggggat gcgtgggctc 7740 ccccgcgata tcagcgactt cgagatgaag gcatttttca ccttcgatgg tgccgagcgc 7800 gacgcaatca atgcacgccg aggtgattcc cacaagcttg gtctggcgct ccatattggg 7860 gttgtaagcc ggaaacccag aaatttccgt cagccgatca acatggcttg tctcgcgctt 7920 ggtcgatgag ttcctgcatc gcccgcatga cttcttcgtg ggtgtacgac ttggcgttgg 7980 ggtcgtcggc ctctcggaga gcttcctcga cctcgcgggt catccgcgca tattcttccg 8040 gccacagcgc ttgctccatg cgcagcgacg cctgcccaag caggtgcagc aggccgaaca 8100 gccgcatgtc attggtggcg acgacgtgct ctcgaatccg ctcctggatc acctcgcagg 8160 cccgatgcgc ctctggcgtc gccgtgccct cgtagccggc tgggagttct gcttcttcag 8220 cgattcgcgc ccaagcgata gccagcgcct cgatggtgga caggttcatt tgctcatcca 8280 cttgcgcagc agacgctttt tcagggaggc gcgctcttgc ggattgcgtc ccttgtggtt 8340 ggcaatgcga tccgccgtgg cggcctggcg cttgatgggc cagtaggagc ggccatcctt 8400 acccatcgac cagacgttgc tgacctggtt ttccagtaga ggcagatggg cgcatagagc 8460 ttccggcgac gcgctggcca gcgcggtgcg ctcgtgagtt cgccagcgct gatgccagag 8520 tttcttgtcc tcgcgctcgc tacggcaggt cgtgtgccca acgatgggcg ttttgcggcg 8580 gctgcggctc atgatgtggt tgtctccaag aacattcagg acaggctttc tgggtagagc 8640 gccgtcaacc gggacagggt ttcttgcact tgttccagcg aggtcatcag atgatcaacc 8700 tgatcctgaa gatccacggc gagatcaaat agctcagcca ctcggctgcg tgatccctcg 8760 ttgaacgcgg ccattgccag ttgatgcagc ttcaacaggt cggtgcgcag ttgcggaggt 8820 gcgccgtctg cgctgtcatt caaatcgccg cgcagcacgt ccacggcatc gactgcacgc 8880 agcagtgccg tggtatcgaa attctcggga gtcagttcgt cccattcgtc gtcggtgatg 8940 cgggctgcca tcaggagggc tccgattaag cggttgcgag cgttagatgc ccgatcggct 9000 cggctgctgg ccgtaccttg atttcgatgt cgtagccgag gcgattcaga caatccatca 9060 gcttgcgttc ggatagattg gtgaagtcgc cgcgcatcat gcccgacacc ttcggttgcg 9120 ggatgcccat gcgtttggcc gccgcttgtt gagtcagccc aagggcgcgc atggccctcc 9180 tgatctcgac caccaggccg gtcttgatct tgagcttttc agcgtcaggc agtccaaggt 9240 cggcaaagac gttgcccgag ctgcgctgaa cctcgacgcc ttcaatgatt cgtttttgca 9300 tttcgtagct cctgtgccaa tacctcggcc accttcagcc gagcgcggat gatgtccatg 9360 tcggcctttg gcgtggcgat tccgctcttg ctcttcttct ggaagcagtg caggacgaac 9420 accgcttccg caaacttgac cgtgtatacc gctcgatagg tgccgccggc atcgtcttcg 9480 acgacctcca gcacgccggc accaccgaac cccttgagca cctttgctgc gtcatcctga 9540 tcgcctatct gcgccaacga gagcgcgtaa ccgaaacggc gacgcacgtc ggacggcaac 9600 gccatcaaat ccttgtggct gctcgcgatc cattcgagcg gtttttcttt gtttgtcatg 9660 acggaatttt atacctgttc aggtaatgat gtaaacgcgg caacctcaag gaggtgtcgt 9720 aaaacatttg ttttgcgaca ggctgtcagc cgccgctgtg ctacctgtcg ttttcagaag 9780 acgaccgcac catctgactg gatgtaacgc ctggtgtgca tacggctcct gacagcccaa 9840 tatcaggagt cgtctgcacc aatctcgact atgctcaata ctcgtgtgca ccaaagcgag 9900 gtttgggcat gacatcagac actccaccga ttgccgcgca aggcgtggcc accctgcccg 9960 acgaggcatg ggcgcaagcc cggcaccgga cggaaatcat cgggccactg gcagcgcttg 10020 aggtggtcgg gcatgaagcc gccgatgagg cagcccaagc gctgggcctg tcccggcgac 10080 aggtatatgt cctgatccgt cgcgcccggc agggtactgg cctggtaaca gacctgacgc 10140 ccggccgatc cggcggcggc aaaggcaagg ggcgcttgcc ggaaccggtc gagcgcatca 10200 tccgcgagct gctgcaaaag cgcttcctga ccaagcagaa acgcagcctg gcggcgttcc 10260 accgcgaagt cgcgcaggcg tgcaaaaccc agaagctgcc ggtgccggcg cgcaacaccg 10320 tggcccagcg gattgccgga ctacacccgg cgaaaatagc ccgcagccgg ggcgggcagg 10380 acgctgcccg tcccttgcaa ggcgcgggtg gcattccgcc cgaagtcacc atgccgctgg 10440 aacaggtgca gatcgaccac accgtcatcg acctgatcgt ggtcgacgag cgcgaccggc 10500 aaccgattgg ccgcccatat ttgaccctcg ccatcgacgt gttcacgcgc tgcgtactcg 10560 gcatggtggt cacgctggaa gcgccgtccg ccgtctcggt cggcctatgc ctcgcgcatg 10620 ccgcctgcga caagcggccc tggctggaag ggctgaatgt ggaaatggac tggccgatga 10680 gcggcaagcc caggctgctc tatctggaca acgcggccga gttcaaaagc gaagcgctgc 10740 gccgtggctg cgaacagcat ggcatccggc tggactatcg cccaccaggc cagccgcact 10800 acggcggcat cgtggaacgg atcatcggca cggcgatgca gatgatccac gacgaattac 10860 cggggacgac cttctccaat cccggccagc gcggcgagta cgattccgag aagatggcca 10920 ccctgacgct gcgcgagctg gagcgctggc tcgcgttggc ggtaggcacc tatcacggct 10980 ccgtgcacaa cggcctgctc cagccgccgg ccgcgcgctg ggccgaggcc gtggagcgcg 11040 ttggcgtccc ggccgtcgtt acccgcccca ccgcgttttt ggtcgatttc ctgccggtga 11100 tccgccgcac cctgacccgc accggctttg tcatcgacca catccactac tacgccgacg 11160 ccctcaagcc gtggattgcc cggcgcgagc gcttgcccgc cttcctgatc cggcgcgatc 11220 cgcgcgacat cagccgcatc tgggtactgg aaccggaagg tcagcactat ctggagatcc 11280 actaccgcac cttgtcccat ccggccgtca ccctctggga acaacgccag gcgctggcca 11340 aattgcgtca gctcgggcgc gagcaggtgg acgagtcggc gctgttccgc atgatcgggc 11400 agatgcgcga gatcgtgacc accgcccaga aggccacgcg caaggcgcgg cgcgacgctg 11460 atcgccgcca gcacctcaag acgtcggagc caccggccaa gcccataccg ccggatgtgg 11520 acatggctga cccgcaggca gacaacctgc cgccggccaa accgttcgat cagatcgagg 11580 agtggtagcc gtggacgaat atcccgtcat tgacctgtcc cacctgctgc cagcggcaca 11640 gggtttggcc aggctgccgg cagacgagcg catccagcgc attcgcgccg accgctggat 11700 cggctacccg cgcgcggtcg aggcgctgaa ccggctggaa actctgtatg cgtggccgaa 11760 caagcaacgc atgccaaacc tgctgctggt cggccccacc aacaacggca agtcgatgat 11820 cgtcgagaaa ttccggcggg cgcacccggt cggcaccgac gctgaccaag aacatatccc 11880 ggtgctggtc gtgcagatgc cgtcagagcc atcggtgatc cgcttctatg tcgcgctgct 11940 ggctgcgatg ggcgcgccgc tgcgcccgcg cccacggctg ccggaaatgg agcaactggc 12000 gctggccctg ctgcgcaagg tcggcgtgcg catgctggtg atcgacgaac tgcacaatgt 12060 actggctggc aacagcgtta accggcgcga gttcctcaac ctgctgcgct tcctcggcaa 12120 cgagctgcgt atccccctgg tcggggtcgg cacgcgcgag gcgtacctgg ccatccgttc 12180 ggacgatcag ttggaaaacc gcttcgagcc gatgctgctg ccgccgtggg aggccaatga 12240 ggactgctgc tcgctgctgg ccagcttcgc ggcgtcactc ccgctacggc ggccatcccc 12300 gattgccacg ctggacatgg cccgctacct gctcacccgg agcgaaggca ccatcggcga 12360 gcttgcacat ctgctggtgg cggcggccgt cgccgccgtg gagagtggcg aggaagcgat 12420 caaccaccgc acgctcagca tggccgacta catcggcccc agtgagcggc ggcgacagtt 12480 cgagcgggaa ctgatgtgaa gtccgcgccg cgctggccgc tgcatccggc acccaaggaa 12540 ggcgaagccc tgtcctcatg gctcaaccgg gtcgccgcct gctaccagat ggacgtgcac 12600 gagctgctgg cccacgatct tggtcacagc caacttgatg acctggatac cgcaccatcc 12660 ttgtcgttgc tgacggcgct ctgccagcgc agtggcgtcg agctggagcg gttgcgcagc 12720 atgagtcttg caggctgggt gccgtggctg ctcgacagtc tcgacgattc ggtaccagca 12780 gccttggaaa cctatacatt ccaatgcgcg gtgctcctgc ccaagcgcac ccgcaaggtg 12840 cggtccatca ctcgctggcg tgcctggcta ccgagccaga cgattcgccg ggcgtgtccg 12900 cagtgtctga acgatccaac gaatcaagct gtgctactcg tctggcagct ccccttgatg 12960 ctgagctgcc cgcagcatgg ctgctggctg gagtcctact ggggcatgcc cggccggtat 13020 cttcagtggg aaatcgccga tgctgcgccg cgccctgccg atgacgcaat cgcctgcatg 13080 gaccggcgca cctggcaggc gctgacgacg ggttttgtgg agctgccgcg tcggcgtgtc 13140 cacgccggct tgtggttccg gctgctgcgc accctgcttg atgagctgaa cacgccgctc 13200 tcgcactgcg gcagttgctc ggcgagcatc cgccatgtct gggagcgctg cggccatccg 13260 ctgcgcgccg ggcagagtct gtggcgtccc tacgagattc tggccccggc ggtgcagtgg 13320 cagatgctgg aggcggcggc caccgccatc acgctgatcg agtcaaaggc gctgatcccg 13380 cgcggggaac aggccgcgct gtttcagacg gagccgcaca ctggtttcac caacggcctg 13440 ccggcgaagg tgccgaagcc ggaacccatc aaccactggc aacgagcagc ccaggccatc 13500 gatgaggcca tcattgaagc gcgacacaac ccggagacgg cccgcttgct gttcacactg 13560 gcgtcctacg ggcgacgcga ccccgaatcc ctggaacgtt tgcgcgccac gttcaccaag 13620 gagggcatcc cgccggagtt tttgtcacat tacgagcctg aatggccgtt tgcaggtctt 13680 agactaaatg acgggttaag tgacagtttt tgacggcgag aactttctgg ctcacactgt 13740 cacataatcg aacgtatatg tgacaggtac gacatgctga taggctacat gcgggtatcg 13800 aaggcggacg gctcccaggc taccgatttg cagcgcgacg cgctgattgc cgccggggtc 13860 gatccagtac atctttacga ggaccaggca tccggcatgc gcgaggatcg gcccggcttg 13920 acgagctgcc tgaaggcgtt gcgaactggc gacacactgg tcgtgtggaa actggatcgg 13980 ctcggacgcg acctgcgaca tctcatcaac accgtgcacg acctgactgg gcgcggcatc 14040 ggcttgaagg tattaaccgg gcacggcgcg gccatcgaca ccacgaccgc cgccggcaag 14100 ctggtctttg gcatcttcgc cgccctggcc gagttcgagc gcgagttgat cgcggagcgc 14160 acgattgccg gcctagcctc ggcccgcgcg cgcgggcgga aaggcggccg gccgttcaag 14220 atgaccgccg ccaagctgcg gctggcgatg gcggcaatgg gtcagccaga gaccaaggtc 14280 ggcgacctgt gccaggaact tggcgtcacg cggcagaccc tgtatcggca tgtttcaccc 14340 aagggtgagc tacgtccaga tggcgagaag ctactcagcc gaatttgatg ccggcatgag 14400 gcaacgtagc gacagcgtgg tttgtctcaa tgggaagcgc tcatgatcga tctttgaagg 14460 cccgcagcag tcgtgtcaca gacaggacga acaaaccggt cagcgtgagg gctgcgatac 14520 cccagtactc tccgatgaac gcgccggccg tcgtgccggc cagcacaatg gcgagaatcg 14580 gcaaatggca gggacaggtg agcacggcca gcgcgcccca caggtagccg gtgatcggtt 14640 tgtgcgtctc ggacggcaag cgctcggggc tgttcatggc agactctccg cgtgctgtgc 14700 cggctcggtc ggcatggtgg ccaactgcac ctccagatcg gccaacgctt cgcgccgacg 14760 ctcgacgaac tggcgcagaa cggcaagctg cgcggccgct tcatcgccgt ccgcagcatc 14820 cagcgcccgg cacagccgcg ccagcgcgtc caggccgatg cccgcctcga aggccgcccg 14880 cacgaagcac agccgttgca aggcggcatc atcgaacagg ccatagccgc ccggggtgca 14940 cgccaccgga cgcagcaatc cgcgcagcag gtagtcgcgc acgatatgca cgctcacccc 15000 ggcatcaagg gccagccggg acacggtgta ggcgctcatt gaaaacctcc tttttttatc 15060 cagcgcagca ggaaagctgc ttcacgtcct tgttgaaggt ctgcgccgca agcttcaacc 15120 cctcgaccat tgtcaggtag gggaacaact ggtcggccag ttcctgcacc gtcatgcggt 15180 tgcggatggc gagcaccgcc gtctggatca gttcgcccgc ttccggggcc accgcctgca 15240 cgccgatgag ccgtccgcta ccttcctcga tgaccagctt gatgaagccg cgtgtgtcga 15300 agttggcaag cgctcgcgga acgttgtcga gtgtcagcgt gcgactgtcg gtctcgatgc 15360 catcgtggtg cgcttccgcc tcgctgtagc ccacggtggc gacttgcggg tcggtgaaca 15420 ccactgccgg catcgcggtc agattgaggg ctgcgtcgcc gccggtcatg ttgatcgcgg 15480 cacgggtgcc ggcggccgct gccacgtaga cgaactgcgg ctggtcggtg cagtcgccgg 15540 ccgcgtagat gttcgggttg ctcgtgcgca tgccttggtc gataacgatg gccccttgcg 15600 cattgacagt gacccccgcc gcgtccagcg cgaggctgcg cgtattcggt gcccgaccgg 15660 tggcaaccag caacttgtca gcgcgcaatt caccgtgtcc ggtggtcagc acgaattcgc 15720 cgttcacatg ggcgacctgg ctggcttgcg tgtgctccag cacctcgatg ccctcggcgc 15780 ggaaagcggc tgtcacggcc tcgccgatgg ccgggtcttc ccggaagaac aaggtgctgc 15840 gtgccaggat cgtgacctgg ctgccgagcc gggcaaaggc ttgcgccagt tccaacgcca 15900 ccaccgacga accgatcacg gccaggcgtg cgggaatggt gtcgctgaca agcgcttcgg 15960 tggaagtcca gtagggtgac tctttcaggc ccggaatcgg cggcacggcc ggactggcac 16020 cggtggcgac caggcagcgg tcgaacgtta cctcgcgctc gccaccctcg ttcaaacgga 16080 cgaccaggct ctggtcgtcc ttgaaacgcg cttcaccgtg caaaacggtg atggctggat 16140 tgccgtccag gatgccttcg tatttggcgt gccgcagttc atcgacacgg gcctgctgct 16200 gggccagcag tttgctgcgg tcaatcgcag gcacagttgc cgcaataccg ccgtcgaacg 16260 gactttcccg gcgcagatgg gcaatatggg cagcgcggat catgatcttg gacggcacac 16320 agccgatatt gacgcaggtg ccgccgatgg tgccgcgttc gatcagcgtg accgtcgcgc 16380 cttgctcgac ggccttcagc gccgccgcca tcgcggcccc gccgctgcca atgatggcga 16440 tatgcaaacc ggcgccctca agtgcatcac ggatttttgg ttcatctttg aaatcaccaa 16500 cccggatcga gccttgataa cccaatgcgg cgatggcggc cagcagttgg ttgtggctca 16560 cggcggtgtc tgccatgact tgcgcgcggc tttctggata ggacaccaca gcggcattca 16620 cgccgggaat cttttccaaa gcatctttga catgggtggc gcaggatgtg caggtcatgc 16680 cattcacggt gatttcggtc atttttttac tccattgaat ttcggggtgc agcaggcatc 16740 ggcttggcgt tttcgttgga tggcgtagat ggtcaagccg atgaaaatcg ccagcgcagg 16800 cagcagcaca tagtccagat agccggtcag cgcggacaag ccgaccacac cgagcaaaat 16860 gaccagaaca ggggtgaagc aacacagcgc cacgagggtt gtgccaatga tgctgacccg 16920 cagcagtgtc ttcgggtctt tcatgatcag ttcttgactg atgatgggta gcccgcatcc 16980 tcggtagcct tggtcagttt ctgcacgctg gtcttggcat catcgaaggt gaccaccgct 17040 tcgcgcgtct cgaaggtcac gtcaacttta ctgacgccat cgaccttgga aatcgccttc 17100 ttgacagtga tcggacaggc cgagcaggtc atgcccggta cggacagcgt aacggtctgg 17160 gtggcggccc acacgggggc aacaacggca gcgagggcaa gggcggaaag cagctttttc 17220 atggtgaact cctgtgatca atagaaaaat ggcacgacgt agggaaatcc gagcgcgacc 17280 aaaaccagca cggccacgcc ccagaaaatg agcttgtaag tagctcgcac ttggggaatc 17340 gcgcaaacct cacccggttt gcaggcggct gacggccggt agatgcgccg ccaggcgaag 17400 aacaacgcca ccagcgccac gccgataaag atggggcgat agggttccaa caccgtcaag 17460 ttgccgatcc aagcgccgct gaaccccaag gcgatcagaa ccagcggccc gaggcagcaa 17520 gccgaggcga ggatggcggc cagcccgcca gtgaagagcg cgccgcgccc gttttgaggt 17580 tcagacatac gtttgtcctt tcgaatctga attggatagc ttaagcttac ttccgtagtt 17640 atgtacggag tcaagcgata tggaaaacaa tttggagaac ctgaccattg gcgttttcgc 17700 caggacggcc ggggtcaatg tggagaccat ccggttctat cagcgcaagg gcttgctccc 17760 ggaaccggac aagccttacg gcagcattcg ccgctatggc gagacggatg taacgcgggt 17820 gcgcttcgtg aaatcagccc agcggttggg cttcagcctg gatgagatcg ccgagctgct 17880 gcggctggag gatggcaccc attgcgagga agccagcagc ctggccgagc acaagctcaa 17940 ggacgtgcgc gagaggatgg ctgacctggc gcgcatggag gccgtgctgt ctgatttggt 18000 gtgcgcctgc catgcgcgga aggggaacgt ttcctgcccg ctgattgcgt cactgcaagg 18060 gaagaaagaa ccgcgcagtg cggacgcggt gtagcccgag ggaactacgc cttagcgtgc 18120 tttattttcc gttttctgag gcgactccaa cgtcagaaaa gaccgtgcgg tcgacttttg 18180 atatttcgtg ctgtcgcctt ctgaaagtga cactacctgt gcaacacccc ctcaaaaatg 18240 tacggaaaac tctatcgcta ttcactatta tgcggaaacc tgtttttgat ggttatccgc 18300 ctatgttggt tggctacatg cgcgtgtcgt cggactccga ccgccagagc acggacttgc 18360 agcgcgacgc gctgctcgcc gccggcgtcg atccgcgtca cctgtttgag gatcgtgcct 18420 ctggcgcgaa ggatgaccgt gccggcttgg cgcgggcgct tgagttcgtt cgagccggcg 18480 atgtgctggt ggtgtggaaa ctcgaccggc tcggtcgctc gctgtcgcac ctgctcgcca 18540 ttgtgacttc gctcaaggac aagcgggtgg cgttccgctc gctgacagag aacctggaca 18600 ctacgacgcc ctcgggcgaa ttcctgttcc aggtgttcgg tgcgctcgcg cagtacgagc 18660 gcgccttgat tcaggagcgc gtcgtcgcgg gcttggccgc cgcacgcaaa cgcggccgga 18720 tcggcggccg gccgcaggcg atcactggtg agaagctgga cgccatcgtc gccgcgctcg 18780 atggcggcat gtctaaggcg gcggtgtgcc gcaacttcaa tgtcaagcgc actacgttga 18840 tcgaaacatt gacgcgagca ggttggcgtg gtgcgggaag gacggtcgat gagcaacaag 18900 aataagctac tcaccgtctt ttctgacgca gagcaggaag ccttgtaccg cctaccggac 18960 ttcgacgatg ctcagcggct ggaatacctg gcgttggccg aatctgaact ggcgttcgcc 19020 agcagccggc ctagcctgca ggcccaagtc tattgcgtct tgcagatcgg ctacttcaag 19080 gccaagcatg ctttcttccg cttcgattgg catgaggtcg aggacgattg cgccttcgtg 19140 ctgagtcgct atttccacgg cgaagcgttc gaacgcaagg cgatcaccaa gcatgagcac 19200 tacagccaga ggggtcagat cgccgaactg ttcggctacc ggtcgtgggc ggctagcttc 19260 ctgccgcaac tggcacagca ggctgaacag atcgtgcggc gcgacgtaat gccaggattc 19320 gtggccgccg aactgatcgt ttggctcagc gagcacaaaa tcatccggcc cggccacacc 19380 accttacaag agctggtcag tgaagccctg tccaccgaac gcaggcgctt gggcggcttg 19440 ctggcagaag tgttggacga atcggccaaa gctgcgctgg gccagctcct ggtgcgtgac 19500 gacaccctgt ctcaactggc agcgctcaag caggacgcta aagatttcgg ctggcgtcag 19560 atggcagggg agcgcgagaa gcgcgccacg ctgaagtcct tgcacgggat cgccaaggcg 19620 ctgctgccca agctcggcat ctcgcagcag aacctgctgt actacgcgag cctggcgaac 19680 ttctataccg tccatgacct gcgccacctg aaggcggagc agacccggct ctacctgctg 19740 tgctatgcct gggtacgtta ccggcagctc accgacaacc tggtcgacgc gatggccttc 19800 cacatgaaaa aacttgagga cgagagccgc acgggtgcga aacagtcctt tgtcgccgaa 19860 cagctgcgac gccatcagga aacgccgcag gttggccgcc tgctgtcgct gtacgtggac 19920 gacagcgtgg ccgatccgac gccgttcggc gaggtgcgcc aacgcgccta caaaatcatg 19980 tccagggaat tgctgcaaaa cacggcgcag cgcatgagcg tcaagccact gaacaaactg 20040 gcgctgcact ggcaggcggt ggacggcctg gccgaacgca ttcgacgcca tctacggccg 20100 ctgtacgtcg cgctcgactt cgccggcacg gcccccgata acccatggct cgcggcgctg 20160 acttgggcca agagcgtgtt cgccaagcag cagcgcctat cacaacggcc actcgacgaa 20220 tgtccggcgg caacgctgcc gaaacgcttg cgtccgtacc tgctgatgtt cgatgccgaa 20280 ggcacgccga caggcctgca tgccgatcgt tacgaattct ggctttaccg tcaggtcagg 20340 aaacgcttcc aggcgggcga gctctacatt gacgacagct tgcagcaccg gcatttgtcc 20400 gacgagttgg tttcgatgga cgagaaagcc gccgtgctcg cgcagatgga catccccttc 20460 ctgcggcagc cggtcagtgc ccagctcgat gcactggcgg ccgagttgcg tgcgcaatgg 20520 gtggcgttca atcgcgagct gaaacagggc aagctgacgc acctggaata cgacaaggac 20580 acgcagagac tgacctggcg caagcccaag ggggagaacc agaaggcgcg cgagcaagct 20640 ctctacgagc aactgccata ctgcgatgtc gccgacgtgt ttcgcttcgt caacggccag 20700 tgccagttcc tgtcggcgct gacaccattg cagccacgct atgcgaagaa ggtagccgac 20760 gccgacagtc tgatggcggt gatcattgcc caagccatga accacggcaa ccaggttatg 20820 gcacgtacca gcgacatccc gtaccacgtc ctggagagta cctaccagca gtacctgcgc 20880 caggcgacgc tacatgtggc caacgattgc atcagcaacg ccatcgccgc actgccgatc 20940 ttcccgcatt actcgttcga cctcgattcg ttgtacggtg ccgttgatgg gcagaaattc 21000 ggcgtcgagc gaccaactgt gaaggcgcgc tactcgcgca aatatttcgg ccgcggcaag 21060 ggcgtcgtcg cctacacgct gctgtgcaat cacgtgccgt tgaacggcta cctgataggc 21120 gcacacgagt acgaggctca ccacgtgttc gacatctggt accgcaacac gtcggacatc 21180 gtgccgagcg cgatcaccgg cgacatgcac agcatcaaca aggccaactt cgccatcctg 21240 cactggttcg gacttcgttt cgagccgcgc ttcaccgacc tcgacgacca gttgcaggag 21300 ctgtattgcg ccgatgatct ggcattgtac gagaaatgcc tgatccggcc ggctggccag 21360 atcgaccggc aactcatcgt cggtgagaag gcgaacatcg accgaatcgt cgccacactg 21420 ggcctgaagg aaatgacgca gggcacgctg atccgcaagc tgtgcaccta tacggcgccg 21480 aacccgacgc ggcgcgcaat cttcgagttc gacaagctca tccgcagtat ctacacactg 21540 cgctacctgc gcgacccgca actggagcgt aatgttcacc gctcgcagaa ccgcattgag 21600 tcctatcacc agctacgctc gaccatcgcc caagtcggtg ggaagaagga attgaccggc 21660 cgcaccgaca tcgaaatcga gatcagcaac cagtgcgcca ggctgatcgg caacgcgatc 21720 atcttctaca actcggcgat cctgtccctg ctgctgacga agtacgaggc agctggcaat 21780 gccaaggcgc tggcgttgat cacgcagatg tcgccagcgg cctggcggca catcctgctg 21840 aacgggcatt acaccttcca gactgacggc aagttcatcg acctggatgc gctcgtggcg 21900 ggactggagc tgggctgacg gaaatttctg ggattccggc gtacaacccc ttattggtgt 21960 ggctcgatgg tacgactgga agctgggcaa gttttccgac cgggacctgg ccaaactggt 22020 cggcaccagc gagggcagca tacgccgccg acgtgttcag ttcggaatcg aggtttactc 22080 ggtcgcggtg gccatcgccc cttaccagca cctgctgggc gtggagtcgg acaggtctgt 22140 ctcggccaaa tgtggtgtat cggtgaagag tgtcaaagct taccgcgagt cccagggcat 22200 caagcccagg tccaaggcca cacggcgcat tcagcgcctt ccgctcgatc atcccgtcag 22260 gccgtacaag agcgcgctgg gcctggttcc cgatgaggac attgcccagg cctcgggcgt 22320 ggccgtagaa gtcgtgcagg cgctgcgcga ggcgttcggc ctggatgctg tggcgccctc 22380 ccctgacctg gccaagccgg cgcctgtcga ggactaccac ggccccggac tcggttacga 22440 atcgctcctg ggcaccatgt ctgccgccaa gatcagccgc gaagtgggcg tgcccattgg 22500 ggttgtggaa gctcgccagc agtacctggg cattgcaccc tatcgccggg tgtcgcgtgc 22560 ggagcggtac gcgcacttgt tcggcctggt cccgaataac gtgctggcca aactcgcagg 22620 cgtgtcgcat gagcgcatcg cagacatgcg ccggtcgaga ggcgtctagc gggcagcaaa 22680 aaggggccga agcccctttg ctgattacag accgaatgcc ctgccctttt ctttgggctg 22740 tttggccggc aattgctggc cttgctgttg cttctgcacg gcgtccttct gtttgccagc 22800 ctggtcgtgc cctttgcgct cgagcgcatg ccgctggagc tgcttgatat ccagggcgcc 22860 ggccttggcg ttcaagcggc tgatcgcatc ccccagcttc tgccggttat cggtgaagat 22920 ttccgctgca tgacgggcgc ggctgatagc cacgtagtac acgtccttgg cggtggtgcg 22980 cgattgggtt tcaaggttga tgagcacctt gtcgcaggtg agaccctggg cgctgtgaac 23040 ggtcgaagca taggccaggc cgacgaacat agccgatgct gtgtccagct cgacctggcg 23100 gcctttgtct ccttcgagca ccacgcggtc gctgtggatc tccttcacca caaatcggtc 23160 gccgttggcc aagtcctttt cagcgtcgtt tcgggtgatt ttcacctgat ccccagcgac 23220 aagctctgtt ctctcgacgc tgtagaccga aagctttgta caacgggctg gagtgaattg 23280 cagcgtctcg ccttctggcc cgcgcacggt gagtttgttg ccggggccgg tgtcgagtac 23340 cacgtactgt acgccacgtt gcagcccgtt cttatagtcc acctcgggga cgacaatgct 23400 gcccttgccg tagtatttac tgtgccggcg ctcggcttgg gtcgtatcca gacggttgag 23460 caatggatac tccgcgccct gccctttcag tcccagcgcc tcccgcacgc cttcgttgat 23520 ttggatccga ctggcgttgg taccggtgat aattagagcc tggtcacgct cggccttcgt 23580 cattttggcg taggcgtcga caatcgcctg gtagcgtgcc ccgtcttcct tgatctcgcg 23640 tatctcgttc accagtggca gcgattgctt ggctttaccc tcggcggcca gcttcaccgc 23700 ctccagcaat tgcgggtcct tctgccgctg aatgtcggtc agccgggacg tttccatgcc 23760 ggctttcatc agctgctcga agggtttgcc ggcctcgatg gctttggttt gtgctacgtc 23820 gcccaggaag accacgcggg cgccggcagc ctcgatggtt ttcatggctt cgtgcatctg 23880 ccgcgcaggt attacgccgg cctcgtcgat gaacacgacg gtgttgctgt cgatcttctt 23940 atcgcgggcc ttgaggaacg attgcagagt acgagcctcc agaccctcgg cctggagcgc 24000 cttcacctgg ctaccatagg gcgccaggct ggtgacacgg tatccgttcg cctccagcag 24060 atccttggcc gctacagtca tgtagctttt gccgacgccg gcaaagccct ggacgccgat 24120 gaactggttt tgtgtgcggg cgatccgcat caccgaggcc tgctgttccg ccttcaagcc 24180 ccgatcggca aggaaggctt cggcggcttc tttagagatc cgtggctcaa ccgtaccgcg 24240 ccccattcgc tcgatttgca gcacctcgcg ttcgcgcttc tgcgcgatgt gcgtggtaaa 24300 acggttttca ccctggcgca gccgtccggt gcggatgccc tcatcaacga gcctggcggc 24360 ctctgagcgc gatttgccgg cgcggacaag ggttgccacc cattccttgc ggctgagctg 24420 tggcgcctct tcgcgggcct tctcggcggc cttccccttc tttccatcgg cagggttttg 24480 tgaagagtaa agcggttcct cgcggatcag gtggccagat gcggcacgcc gctcgatgcc 24540 ggcgcgcacg tcgtcgatgg tgagggcgcc gtacccgtgg cgcagcgcgg tatccatcag 24600 ctccttctga ccgataaccg cctggcgctc ggtcagactc ttgatcgcga attcgatcac 24660 ctggtcggca cggtactcca ggggcttctc gatctgcgga gtggcggcgc tgtttcgctc 24720 cctgccgcct tgcgcatcgg cgccgacgcc ggcccactcg cggctgtggt agtcgatacc 24780 caaagccctc gaccgttcaa gccaaacctg gcgcaattct tcgcggtcga ttccaccctg 24840 ctttttgtcg cgggtggcca gcgcggcctg gttcttttca gcatacgacg ctgtgctgcg 24900 gtccaggcct ttcgccgcta gcgctgcctc gatctgctgg ctgcgcgaac tgaattcgcg 24960 gatctgctcg tcggagaaat gcgccaggtc gaatgtaccg ttgcgctcat agcgcaactg 25020 gaagccggcc ttttccagct cgcgggccag ttccgccttg tagacgttgc ccaggaacat 25080 ggacgaattg aacacaccgt catttttcag tgcccgccat tcgccgtcgc tacgctgggt 25140 catgttcagc acgaacgcat gggtatgcag gtcggggtcc agggcgcgtg aggtttcgtg 25200 tcggaacttg gccaccacca agttgttggt gttctcggta ccggtcttct tgttgaccgt 25260 tattcgggcc tgggacaacc gttcagcctc gcgaatggct gctgccaccg ccttatcgtg 25320 ggcttcgata atgctggcgt caccgtggac caaggcctgg agcgacacac ctttgggcgc 25380 tgaaaaggtg aggtcatacc caagcctttc cttgctgacc actttgccat cagcctcttt 25440 gacagtgcgc atgagcttcg tgctgtcgct aattcggcca tccaatagct cgcggaatcg 25500 ggcctgctct acttccccgg acaggcccaa tgcctcggcg ccggcacctt gccattgcat 25560 ggcgccgccg tcttttgcgt agtagtcatc cgcaccatcc gcgtagtacg acacgacttt 25620 gcccagtgat tgccgagaaa tggtcgtgat atcgagcatt tagatgatct caaggtttgg 25680 gacgatgccc ggtaccgggt tcgtgcgggt gaagttgatc gggtcgatgg tcacacgcgc 25740 aatcgggatg cttccgggga acgacaggaa gccttcgagg ttgttcaaag ccatgatctc 25800 cgacgacata acgatgcgct cgggtttcac atcctcgttc tcgctgcgag tgccccagtc 25860 accccagcgc gagctgcggc cttccttggt gcgcagtact tcatgctcgc tcaaggcttt 25920 ggacatgcgt tcggcggttg ccgtacccat gcggccaacg gccagggcaa ccattgtccg 25980 gtggttggcc agcatcgttt cagccagttt ctcgccatac acggattcga gctgggtgta 26040 ggactggtag ccagatacca cgcaaccgcc cttcttccgg ccccgagtca acatgtcgcc 26100 cagggtgggc agtcgttgca gcgattccag ctcgtcaagg aaggtccaga tccggcgctt 26160 gggattggac ttcatcccaa gaatgctggt gaaaatggta tccacccagc aactaatcaa 26220 tgggcgcagc gcttcgcgca tgttctcgtc ccaagtgata aacaagttgc cgccgttagg 26280 atcttcgcac cactggcgca gcgaaaaatt gcctggtggc atatcaaaat gcgcaggtag 26340 tttattactg aggacaaacc ggacgctgcc tgtagcgcgc tcgttttcag taaacaaaga 26400 tacggctctt gtgcctttta caaaagcctg aagagtttcc gagtcgcact cgttagtcca 26460 tcggaatact tcccgcatgc cagggttgcg cgtggtgtta tacagcttct tggccacctc 26520 tgcgaacagc agacggccat actggttcca ttcttccgag tcgttactgt ctgaaacttg 26580 aataatggat tttgcgtagc gctcgaaatc gtagtgacta cggatttcgt tatagaagtt 26640 ccaaccttcc gtcctggcat catatggatt caggatttta tcgcccttgc ggtagaaggt 26700 agataggaac tctccatcgg gatcaaggat taccatgcga tctttccgct gcatgcagcc 26760 atacatcatt tcgcggaaaa tcgtactctt acccgtaccc gtggccccgc caactgagaa 26820 gtgtgtcgcc tcggcagcaa taggaacagg caccccggca atagttattt gttcctcttt 26880 ctcctttgtc agtcgtttaa gctcacgctg ggagacaagt tggctaccac ggaaatactt 26940 atcaaagtga gcgccggcaa aagtggtctt gctcaacttc acgataagca cgcacaacgc 27000 aatcgcgagt atcagcccac caactaaagc aaccgcaagc ggccacaagg tgaacgtgtt 27060 tttcgccagg tagaacaccc tgtctcgggc gccttgcttt tcaattccat acatcagctt 27120 ggcggtaaag aaccacgcga acagtggcac cagcaccatg acggcgaggc agatttgaga 27180 tcgttggcgc tcgttcatca gctatccctc tttgatgaat cccatacgtc gaagcccagg 27240 cgctcgacct cggcctgggc ttccctctta gcatccggtt tggacgcggt gcgcagaagc 27300 aatagcagct cgatcaagat ggccatcgac tggcggtcga ttccagcggt cggctggccg 27360 tcaccgccag gccgttgatc gaggcgctgg aggatcattt ctagcgtgtc ctcctgctcc 27420 atctgccgga aaagctgccg gcgtacatac tccgaaatgt cgccctggga ccgctcttcc 27480 agctcgattt tctgtgtttc ggtgcatcga aagctcactg tgggcacgga tggtctcctt 27540 gtctgacgtg tgtcagacac aaaatacagc aaaatcaggg cttgcactca cttttgtctt 27600 acgcaggtat tacgcttttt cgcgagtcgt tgaaaatgct ttatttttca acgacttagc 27660 gatgcgaagc attgcgtatg gtgtatagct cgttaaggga aaataccgct ctgcttttaa 27720 gggagaaaat agccgtctgc acccctcgga ggccgcaaaa aagcgtcctc ctgatccctc 27780 acgcgcagcg tgaggggctt ttcgccgccc aggggtgcca ctgagtacgc attgaagaca 27840 accgagagac gatgtgaaga caccggagag acaaaaaagg gacttgccag agtcaaaagg 27900 gacggctaga gtacggatca gagacaaaga ggggacaaaa gtgcccgagg tcgataacga 27960 ggggtaagcg atgccactat cgcgactaaa accacggagc gattcggccc tggtgcggaa 28020 catgctcggc gagatcgagg ccgcactgac agccggagcc tcacgggagg atgtttggaa 28080 aacgctcaaa gaagagcacg ggatggggat tggctttaac gggttttgca aggcgctgat 28140 gcgagcgagg gccgcaaggc aggagcgagc tggaacacca gcgacgacca ccccaccgcc 28200 accccgaccg gaaagtgatg gccagggaaa ggatgtggat tgcgcaatcc agaaagacga 28260 accaacgcca cccgaggcgg gcgcacccgt aaagggtcgc atcgtcacca gtagcgattt 28320 cgagaaagtc cactccatgg atttctctga tcttgatgat aaatatacgg gcaaaaggaa 28380 atagcgtatg aaacgagcga tcttgaacta cagcggcagc atcggcaaaa ccactattgc 28440 agcgcacctg ctctaccctc ggatgccagg cgcggcattc tttgccatcg agtcgattaa 28500 ccagtcggcc ctggacttgg gtattgccga agtggttacg atgcgaggcc gcgaagcggg 28560 cgagctgatt gaggatttgg tacttgaaga tatcgccatt attgacattg gcgcttctaa 28620 catcgaatcg ttctttgagg ctggatcgcg ctatcacggt ttcattgacg aaattgaaca 28680 gttcatcatt ccggtaactc ccgagcaaaa ggcctggcag gaaagcttga aaactgttga 28740 ggcgctggcg accatcggcg tttctcctga tcgcatcatt ctgctgccga accgaatccg 28800 tgataatccc gaagctgaaa ttccgtcgat ctacaactat gtaaagaaaa ccaagaaggc 28860 gaccatcaaa ccgggcgcgt tcctgtttga cagcgacgtt tatggttatc tcgcggccaa 28920 caaaatgtcg ttcgatcaac tgattggcga agataccgac tacaaggcaa tggccaaggc 28980 cgaaactgat gttgagaagg ccaaggaata tgcacgcctt caccgttgga caagttacgc 29040 gaagcccgtt cgcgctaact tggacgaatg cttcgccgct ttgacggcct aagtgcaccg 29100 gagtgccagt gatggattct aggaaaccga gagaagaagt attaattgag tggttcctgg 29160 gcgactcgaa agagatcctg gccgatctcc agggcgcggt cgcggcggcc cgtgaggtcc 29220 accagtcgat gcaggaggcc ggcgcaagcc tggcctccac ggtcgaagac gcacgcgccg 29280 agctggtgac ggccaatcgg gagctgaccg ccgcgattcg ggaaaccgag gcacggcatg 29340 acaaggccct ggagaagctg gaccgccagg ccaagagcct gttggccgcg acccagcggc 29400 ggacggtatg ggtggcggcg atctgcgccg gcattgccgg cctggccgga ggcctgggcg 29460 gtgccctgct cttctaccgc ttggttgccg gctagcgccg ggttgtgaca cacgctgagg 29520 ccgcgcaagg cggcctcgcc gtttgtggga gtcgccgcag gcgctcccgt gcggcaagcg 29580 gagcgcgcag cgcctgggaa ccgggcgcgg aggcgagagg gatggaagcc cgaaggggcg 29640 agacgcggcg tagccgtggc tcgatgcgca gcacgacagc ccgcgccgaa ggcctcgccc 29700 tggattgcgc aatccacttc tattaaactg gattgcacaa tccacaagac aggatcgtca 29760 ccatgtcgct actgccgact catgaggtct atgccgagct gcaactggcg tatgaacact 29820 tcaacgtcca gctgttcgac ggccagctac cggactgcct tatcaccctc cagcgtgaac 29880 gccgaaccta cggctacttc tcgcgcaagc gcttcgcccg tcgtagcggt gaaatgaccg 29940 atgaaatcgc catgaacccc ggctacttcg cgattcgctc attgcgcaaa acgctgtcgg 30000 tgctggccca tgaaatggtg cacctgtggc agttccactt tggcgcgcct ggccggcgtg 30060 gctaccacaa caaggaatgg gccgcccgca tggaagccct gggcctgatg cccagcaata 30120 ccggcgcacc tggtggcaag cgcctgggcg aacaaatgga tcactacatc atcccaggcg 30180 ggcgctttga cgtgagctgc gcggagctgc tgacgcggga cttctcgctg tcgtggtacg 30240 accgtttccc cccggaacga ccgcaaattg acccgccgac cggctcgaac ggtcgcgggt 30300 ttgtcgatga cgtagacggt gaggacgaag gccaggggca agctctggat cagggcggcg 30360 atgaactggg gccgctcggt gagctggtcg agctgccgcc cgaggtgccg ccgaaccggt 30420 caaaccgggt caagtaccgg tgcccgaagt gcgcaacgca ggtgtggggc aagcctgaac 30480 tggcgattct ttgcggcggc gaacactgcg ccgggtcgcc attccagccg gtcgcacgat 30540 gacaaagccc gcgaaagcgg gccttttgga ttgcgcaatc cacatcctca acggtggcca 30600 ggtcctgcgc cctggcctcg atctccggct tcccagcatg cggcggcctt gcgcagcaag 30660 ccggcgctat cgcggtgcgc cagttcgccc ggtttggtga tgaacgtcgc ggcggcctcg 30720 tagaactctg cggccacttc ccaatcgtgt tgcagctcgg ccttgcgcgc agcggcggca 30780 agcgcctggc atgtcctggc ggccttggtc ggcgtggtct ggtgtccgta catatcctgt 30840 tctccagcgg ggagcgccgg ggcgaagccg cggcgctcgg ttgggtagtg gggttaggcc 30900 cgtttaacag cccgtgcgag ggtcagaagg tcggcggact ccattaactg gtcgcgctcg 30960 gccagttgct gcatggacgg caccgggcga gctggggccg ctgcgcggcg cgcagaagcg 31020 gccaggcggg ccaggaagac acggaacgag ggaagggctt gagtagccat aggtaactcc 31080 ttttttcgca gaggaaggcc cggagcggtt gccgccgctg gtatccgggc caggattggt 31140 ttacttggtc aggcgctcgc tgcgcacaaa gccttcgcac atgtcacgga agatcgtggc 31200 gtgcagttcc agcgggaact cggcgatcac ctcgcggcga ccgatgccgc cacgctgggc 31260 aacgatcatg tacatggtga cgttggctgg ggtctggttc gggcgagcct gatgggacac 31320 ttcaacggtg aagccgctga actcgcgcag ggcctcggct tcgctgaaat acaggatgtg 31380 ggtttcgata gtcatgggtt gaatctcctt tcgcagattg ccccggagcg gttgccgccg 31440 ctggtgtccg ggggtgtcga ggcggtattg cttcgacgtg gttagtatct caaaaagcgg 31500 ccctcacgtc aactattcgt caaacaatat ttgacctaaa gtttactgga attccaccga 31560 tcacagggca aaaaaaagcc ccggacgtgt ccagggcggg gaaggcagtc gcgtcactgc 31620 atcatccaag tgaagcggta cggatccatg aacggaatat cgtcgtcgaa gctgtcgaag 31680 tcggcggcgg gctgcgggga gggttgcggc ggctgttgct gcgctggtcg ccgttgggcc 31740 tgctgtggtc gctgtgcctg ctggcggggt gcctgctgct ggccttgatt gtacggatca 31800 ccgccttgct gttggttctg cggacgcccg cccagcagct gcatggtgcc ttgcatgtcc 31860 acgatgatct cggtggtgta acgcttgatg ccgtccttct cccattcgcg ggtctgcaac 31920 ttgccctcga tgtagcactg ggagcctttg cgcaggtact cgccggcaat ttccgcgacc 31980 ttgccgaaca gcgaaacgcg gtgccactcg gtgcgctcga ccttctggcc gctctgcttg 32040 tctgtccact gttcgctagt ggccaagctc aggttggtaa cggcgttgcc gttgggcaga 32100 tagcggactt cagggtcttg tccgcaagtg ccaacgagga tcactttgtt tacgccacgg 32160 gccatgatga gtctcctttc tcgcgaaagt gcccggtcta gaccgggcac gctgggttaa 32220 atgaatgcgt cgttgattgc ttcgatcagc aattgctttt cggtttcgct gtgcatgttg 32280 accagcatct cattgaacag gtccacccct ttccgcgaac ccagctcgtc gtcctcgatc 32340 acctccagct cgtaacggat caggtcgatg agatcggcca gaacaatgac cgcgcagacg 32400 ttaaacgggt gttggatcac tgcctgagaa tccatggttg ccgcctccgg tttgcgcatc 32460 cccttagcga acgaaaggaa gtcttctttc gtcaggaaat cgccgtcctc tagaaaggtg 32520 ctggtattca ttttttgtat ctccttcgca gattccccgg agcggttgcc gccgctggta 32580 tccggggtgt cgaggcggta ttgcttcgac gtggttagta tctcaaatcg gggcgctgtc 32640 gtcaactgtt ggtcaaacaa tctttgacga ataattgact tgacgcggcg cgcttttcgg 32700 agctgcttag atgccgaggt gggagcggga ggtaaacata aagcgcgccc gcgaagcgtg 32760 cgcagccccg cttttgccct ggagcgtgag tctcccccgg tggatctgct cgtcagcctt 32820 cggttggtcg cggtaagccc cgactacccg gagctgggcc gccgtcatgg ggaccgtgga 32880 atagcggagc gaccgaaggg agtgagcata tgccgcgaaa gccccttgac ggcataggcc 32940 cagcggaggg taggcgatta gggctgatag cggccagccg gagggtgatg agcacaccca 33000 ggacgcgcag gggcggcaag gtggccagca ggccgccgcg caggccggca ggccggaggg 33060 caagcggagc gcgcagcacc tggcgggcca ggtgcgcagg cgagagggat tgaagcccga 33120 aggggcgaga cgcggcgcag ccgtggctcg atgcgtagca cgaaagcccg ggccgcaggc 33180 ctcgcactag atcttctcgc tggccaggtg gtggaagtac caggccaatt cgggacgccc 33240 cccgcccatt tgttgcttga tggcagtcac cagatcctcg cgaacttggc cggtcgctgt 33300 ttccaggcgc tggcggatct catcaacctc ggcgctggcg acccattcaa ggcaagccag 33360 gtaatcgagc acgccctttt cctctgttgg tgtaagcatc tgcaaatccc tcagcagtca 33420 aactgtccgt gacagaaagg cgccatctag gcctttttct gtcggttagg tgtcttcttt 33480 gtggtccctg gttgggcctc ctttggctgc tcatgcttgg cggccatctg cttgaccagc 33540 tcggcttcct cgggggtgag ccagaccatg acgggcacaa ggccgactgt ttggcgttcc 33600 agcacggcgg ttacgcgctt gattgcagcg tgtacaagct gccgcgactg gccgatgttg 33660 ttggccacct cgataggttc cttgccctcc accagcaccg ccctggcaat gtccagggtt 33720 ttggtggaca tgccccggag cgcaggcagg gaaacggtcc attgttcggc ggtgtatttc 33780 ggctgggtgg gctgcattcg cggttcctta ctgttggcta aatgccctgc taccggcagg 33840 gctacgggtc aagcgtgcta ctggttcatt tgctcgatga agccccgcgc atgcgcttcc 33900 aggcggcggg cgtctgtggt gccggcatgg agccggtgcc gtttgacgcc ctgggcggtg 33960 gctttccaga tgacgtaaaa cgtcccctcg ttgttgcgct cgatagtaat ggcaacgccc 34020 tggtcactgg taccaacctt ggcggcgact gccgccacgg tttcgctttc cagtgtctgg 34080 cggtcccata ccagcagggg cacaaactgc gggtcgttga tcgcgtcggc tgtctccagg 34140 ccgcccgcat cgcacaacca cgcttcgtcg tcatcgtccc aggcttcggc ggtgatcgga 34200 aacgtccacg ccagaagtgg ccgaccgccc tgcacctggc aggcgtaaag ctggtcagag 34260 tcgagcagaa acgccacgca atccccaggg atgagcaggc catgcccagg gttggccttg 34320 agtaacgatc ggtaggcttc caacgtgcgt tcgtaagtca tggtcggttc ctcgatctta 34380 ggccttggcc acggccaggg agtgggtagc gatgcggcgc atgatgagca ggtggggcag 34440 ggtggccagg cccgtcaagg tccagtagcg cccgccccac tgggcaaaaa tggtcgtcat 34500 gttgccgtgg tccaggtcgg ccagcttgaa cgacgcgccc agctcgtcgg cgtggtagtc 34560 gatgacgggc cgctgcgaaa ggttgaactc gaaacgggcg gcggtcgtgc gtgccggtgg 34620 cgtgccatag gcgcgttctt gatcgatcaa aaacgcctct tcgtcgccca ggatggcgcc 34680 ggggtaacgc acgcgcagct cgggcagcat caggccggaa tgctgggcca tccacatgtt 34740 tggcccgatc tggcgggcat agtcgatgat cgcggtatgg ccagggacat agaagacttt 34800 gcacatggtt cgatcctcca agggcggggg aaagccgggc gttaaacgcc cggctcgcca 34860 gttacgcggc ggcttggccg ctgcgcaggg cctgggccag tacccacaag gcgcgattga 34920 gtttcacgtc ttggtcaatg ccgttaacgg cgcgggtagt tgtccggcgt ccttgcttgt 34980 tgcggccacg caagccgccc ttgatggtgt tttcctgcac gcggttgaac gtggtccaga 35040 gatcgcttgc gcggtcttcg gcacggcgtg gcatcagcag ttgcgacggc gtgaccgggg 35100 cagggccttc ggatgggtcg tagcggtagg ccagggccgc catggcgaac gcttcttgct 35160 cttcctggcg caagtggtag tgctgcatgt cgtcaaggtt ggcgtcgatc tgctcgaact 35220 ggcccagcac ctcataggca ccttcgataa cgtcgttaac aacgtcaatg cggccgctgt 35280 ggcgcacttt ctgatccatc gccatgtcgc ccaggaccag cccgttagcg cacacgaaac 35340 ggaacttgcc ggccatcatc tggtagctgc tgctgccgtc gtggctgttc agcagaatga 35400 tttcgttcgc ttccttgctc atgatgttgc tggcatggcg caggcgaatc atgtgcttgg 35460 tgtgctcgcg tttgtcggtg ttgcggacgc gggtctggca cgccatgaac ggctgaaaac 35520 cttctgtgcg cagcgcatcg agcaccttga cggttggaat gtacaggtaa cgttccgaac 35580 ggctgtcgtg cgcttcctcg gcaaagatcg agggcgccac gcgggcaatc tcgtcattgg 35640 tcagaggggc atcgctgcgg atcatgcacg gattacggaa gttgctggaa agacgcattt 35700 ttgtatctcc ttcgcagatt ccccggagcg gttgccgccg ctggtgtccg gggtgtcgag 35760 gcggtattgc ttcgacgtgg ttagtattca aatcggggcg ctgtcgtcaa ctgttggtcc 35820 aacaatcttt gacgaataat tgacttgacg cggcgcgctt ttcggagctg cttagatgcc 35880 gaggtgggag cgggaggtaa acataaagcg cgcccgcgaa gcgggtgcag ccccgctttt 35940 gccctggagc gtgagtctcc cccggtggat ctgctcgtca gccttcggtt ggtcgcggta 36000 agccccgact acccggagct gggccgccgt catggggacc gtggaatagc ggagcgaccg 36060 aagggagtga gcatatgccg cgaaagcccc ttgacggcat aggcccagcg gagggtaggc 36120 gattagggct gatagcggcc agccggaggg tgatgagcac acccaggacg cgcaggggcg 36180 gcaaggtggc cagcaggccg ccgcgcaggc cggcaggccg gagggcaagc ggagcgcgca 36240 gcgcctggcg ggccaggtgc gcaggcgaga gggattgaag cccgaagggg cgagacgcgg 36300 cgtagctgtg gctcgatgcg tagcacgaaa gcccgggccg caggcctcgc gctatgcctc 36360 ggatgacggc agggcgatca ctcgccggca ccctgctcca gctccagcaa gcgcgctgtg 36420 gcggcctgct cgatcaacaa atacaggcgc tcaacctgct gttgttccag cgctttcaac 36480 aattccaggg cctccaccat gccctcggcg cgggcctggg aaatcaagca attcgccgcg 36540 ctggtggcgg tgttcacttc ggccaggcgc ctgcgcaata caacctgata gctcggcggc 36600 aggatcaggc caggcatcaa ctccggttcg tttcggatac cggcctccct cagttttcgc 36660 cgacgacctg gcgcacttcg gccataacct tgttccactc gtccaccgca tcaaacatcg 36720 cgccgaccgc tgccaaggcg tgctgttgct tggtgtaagt gcggttcatg tgctcgggca 36780 cgatcaccac ggtatccggg ttgccgtagt ccatgaagcc aacggtaacg ctgccatctt 36840 ccatatcgaa catccgcaca acatcgagca ggcggttata gcctttcgac tcccacacca 36900 gcaggtaacg cacagcatct tccttgctta caaccttgaa atcgtaatca ctggacatgt 36960 tcagttctcc gcttggtaga aggtttgcgc ccattggtgc gcttgtgcag gtaacgcagc 37020 acgcccaggg tcatgcgtgc gtcggctagg gaacggtggg cgccatcctc cagcacgccg 37080 caagctcggg cggcctcgat cagtttgatc cagcgccact gccaagcccc atagcggccc 37140 tcaacccatt ccccatgcca ttcggcatac agcagcatgg cgcaggcggt ggccagtgca 37200 ggcgcgacaa gtccgtgccg ctggtgggtc tgcgacagca ggcgctcgtc aaaggaggcg 37260 ttgtaggcga cgaccgttcg gcccgagacg atagaagcgt attgctctgc gatctccggc 37320 caggccggcg cggtggccac catgtcattg gtgatgcggt gaatccctgt ggcctccgct 37380 ggaattggct gagtagggcg tatcagcgtg ttgagtaggg gcgtgccgct cgcgtcgagg 37440 atcgtgattt cgcacacctc gtcgccatca cccacgcccg ttgtttcagt gtccagcagc 37500 agacaatccc cctcgatcag cgcctgggca cgggcggcca cggccttccg ccgaagctgc 37560 gccgcgctcg gctcccattt ccagggcacg caatcggcgg gatcgtatac atcgtaggcc 37620 ccgcggcctt gccagacgct gccggcaggc cgggtgctat accccggcat tagtcggtgg 37680 cgtgccttga ggtcacggca gcaaagccag ccgttggcct ccgcttccgc tggggtgagg 37740 tgaatacgcg cccttgccat gccggggcct cctgtcagtt gtcgccagtg atgatcgtgt 37800 gacgggcctg ggaaacgtcc agcgtgccgg cgcgaccgtc tgcaaagcga acagccatgg 37860 tcgtttccgg gatgccggcg acagcgtgcg catcggcgcg caacccttcc tcgctgcggt 37920 gggccagcag ctcgaaaagc acaaaggcgt cattggcggc gtccacgcta tcccgtgcca 37980 aggcttcgtt gaggctctgc ttgagccagt tcgaggcggt ggggtcggcc agcgtggcag 38040 cgatgctatc ggcaaactgt gcggtaccgg atggctcgcg gttgctgctg acggcctggg 38100 cggcctcacg gtcaatagcg cgcaactgat cgcgggcggg ctggctaagc ccgctgtgga 38160 actcggcaag ctgggccagg ccggtgagct gccaccaggc tgaggtaaag ccgtcgctac 38220 gttcggggcc attgggcagg gtaagcgcac ctttcaactg agtgaggtgc agttgggcgc 38280 aatcaatgat ggcttgttcc agttcggtca tggcgtatca actcttggta atggcgggtt 38340 gggtccagtc ctcaaggact aggccaggaa cgcgagcaaa ttcgcgagtg ttgttcgtga 38400 ccagaacaca cccagcggcc agggcatggc cggctatcgc tgcatcgttg ttgccaatgg 38460 gcgtacccag gcgggcgagg gcggtgcgga tctgcgttgt ttgatctacg gcggcggcgt 38520 cccaggacag gatggcgtcc aggcgctgga tgaaggcatc gaccatcgct gcaaccttgg 38580 gcgatgcctt ggggttggcg gccccgaaac gcatttcgga gtaggtgatg gccgaaacga 38640 caatccggtg ctgattagtg actgcctgtt ccagcttggc cagcaccgcg tcggggcgct 38700 cgcgcatgat gaacgaacag atgttcgtat cgagcatgta cgtctttttg ctcatgtgaa 38760 gtcacccagg aaacggtctt cctcgatcac atcctttcgc tcggtcagaa agtcaggatc 38820 tgcggccgcc acgtcgcgca acgatgccca ggaggggcgc acagggcgca ggatcagcgt 38880 ttcgccgtcg cggataatct ccagctcgga aacgccctgg tactccatat cccgagggat 38940 gcggatcgcc tggtttcggc tgttcatgaa aatggaaacg gtacgcatgg gaacctccta 39000 caagttgaaa cacgttgagg cggtgatggt gctgccgcgc tcgatgccca ggtttgcaag 39060 ctggccgcgt ggcacctcga taatgccgag ggcgggccgc aatgatgaat gcttggcggt 39120 tgtgtgtggc tccagctctt gtacgctctg gataaccccg tctgctccga tccaagccgc 39180 gtctaatggg gcaggggtgt tcttcatcca cacaaatcgc actgccggcg tagtccagag 39240 aaacagcatg cctcgccctg gatctggcct accggcgagg ccctgcgcct gtgcggcttc 39300 ggtggtggcc acgggtaggt cgagtgtcgc gccattctgg aacgacaacc ggcaatcatc 39360 gctataagcc ggtgtggtga gcacggcccc cgaaagcaac gcaggtaagc agcggttgag 39420 catcggcaca tccttcaatc tctaaagaga atcgtagcat atgtcaagca tatgtcaact 39480 gagcaattga gcgttctgtg gtggtcgtta tactgcgggc atgcgatcct tcgcagagca 39540 ctagaagccc gttttgcatt gccgtgcagc gggcttcgcc atttatggcc cccatgtaat 39600 ccctccccaa atatccccaa atcgtcgtag agcatggtgc gcgtggctga ctagcgaggc 39660 ttgcccgagt ctgtccggtg cgagcggctg gccgctgccg gcaggcaaga aaaagcccgc 39720 atcgcgggct tggggaagtg ctgataccga tcaactcatt aagtcgggga tggttcgctt 39780 gtgggttact tgcccttctt agccaggcca agctgttttt ccagagcctc tacctgtcct 39840 tcggcgcgtg ctgcgcggtc cagggcctgg cgttcgttct tgcgtgcctc gatagcttct 39900 gagtcctttt cgttggccct ggtgacagcc cggtggatct cctgggcgct gtgctccttc 39960 tggtgtttca actccagctc ggcgcgttcc tccagagcat ggtatttagc ctgtagctcc 40020 cggtataggg ctgcggtttc ctccaggctg gcgatcttgg cgcgcagctc gttcagttct 40080 gcatccatgc tgtcagccag tgcaatagct tcctcggcct gctcgcggat ctgcgcggca 40140 ttctcttcga tcacccggcg tttcccgtcc agggcctggt cggcagcaac gcgggccaga 40200 ttccagatat cggcgccgaa gttctcaagc aactgggcca gggcagccgg tggtgggtcg 40260 atgagtggtt gggcctcttg ttgcttgcgg ttcttccact cgctcatggc ctcctgaatg 40320 gtcgtaaagc tgccgacgcc acccaggcgc ttgcgcacgt tggccagggt gggcttagtg 40380 ccgtcagcgt ccagttcgtc ggcggctttc cagatcattt ccttcgtgag tgccatgggc 40440 gtgctccgct gtatgttgta gcgtgtagta tctgtcattt tcagaagacg actgcacgga 40500 atatcaggag tcggctgcac tggtggattg cagcgcggtg tacagggccg tcttgctcac 40560 cttgagccgt gtagcggcct ctcggacatt aagcccgttg gcgatgtgct cccgcgctcg 40620 ctgcaacttg tcggcggtga caaccggctt tcgcccgccc ttcctcccac gagcggcggc 40680 ggcagtcaac ccggccttgg tgcgctcgcg gatcaagtcg cgctcgaact ggcccagcgc 40740 gccgaacacg tggaagatga gccgcccgcc tggcgtggtg gtgtcgatgg cttccgtcag 40800 agaacggaag ccgacgcctc gcgcttccag cgcgcctatc gtttcgatta ggtgcggcat 40860 agagcgcccg agccgatcca gccgccagac ggccagcacg tcgccgtcgc gcaggtaggc 40920 cagcgcatca gccaagccgg ggcggtcggc cttggccccg gaagccgtgt cctcgaaaac 40980 gcgctcgcag cctgccttgc gtagcgcatc cgtctgcaag gcggtgtcct gttccgccgt 41040 cgatacccgc gcatagccga tcagtgccat ttgccgcctc tcttgtccgt cattccgtcc 41100 gcctatctta atgtccgaca acccgttgtg caataacttt gctggacagt gtccggcatg 41160 gccgactaat gatcgtttga cggacattga cggtaaggca tttttgcatt actatgtgaa 41220 gcatcaacct tgattgcgag ggcaaaccac catgaccaca ttgaccgtta ccgcacgggg 41280 acaagtgacg tttcggaagg acgtactgca acacctcggc atcaggccag gcgacaagat 41340 cgagctggac ttgttgccag acggtcgggg cgtgctcaag gcggcacggc ccgcagggac 41400 gatagccagc tttgtcggcc tgctcgcggg caagacgcag aaggttgcca ccatcgaaga 41460 aatcaacgag gcggcggcgc aaggctgggc aggtaagcaa tgaaggtcgc agtcgatacc 41520 aacgtccttg tgcgtgcggt tgtgcgtgac gatcccgcac aagcggacgt tgccgccgca 41580 gtcttgaccg acgccgagtt gatcgcggtc gcgctgccgt gcctatgcga atttgtttgg 41640 gtgctgctgc gtgtctacgg cttccagcaa gccgacgcgg ccagcgcgat ccgggcacta 41700 ctggccgccg cgaatgtgga agtgaaccgg cctgccgtgg aggctggctt gctggtgctc 41760 gacgcgggcg gagactttgc cgatggcgtc attgcctacg aaggcaactg gcttggcggg 41820 gaaaccttcg tttccttcga taagaaggcg gtggcacttc tcacggcgca agggcaatca 41880 acgcgccttt tgtgacggac atgagcatga acgaattccg ccgactggcc gcgaagatcg 41940 accaacacat gcagcagctt gccgcccagg gtgtcagcga ggcccatgcc atcatcaatc 42000 gcatgatggg gtacgggcct gacctgcaca ggatttgggt cggcacatcc gatcagcagc 42060 tcatggcgct gtcccgcgag ttcccagggt tctaccgcta cgcccgcatc atggaagagg 42120 catccgaagc cgagcgccgc aaggcttcgc ggccctatga cggcatggcc gagttctccg 42180 aacagcacaa gcaaatgggc gcgcaactgc tgaccacggc ggccacgctt gagcgtggct 42240 accaggcgtt tcgtgcgagc ggcagtctcc aagacttccg gcctcagctc gacgagctgg 42300 gccgcctgca tcggcaatgg ctgtccgacc tggaagcctt caaagactcg ctgcgcacgc 42360 agggcgcaga acccaaggtg ctggaatacg tgaacgaggc tttcggccgc ctggccgagc 42420 gcatcaagca gcttgccggt tgatcgccgg aattttcggc ggttccggct ttgtcgcgcc 42480 gtgcacaaga gttctgagca attccgatct ctcgcggcgc ttcgtgcata gaacttctga 42540 ccgttcccgg tcagaagttc tatgcacaca cggcggccag cccagtgaac tggtgcagtc 42600 gccttctgaa aacgacagta tcatacaaca tactacaaaa tacaatatag gctaacgcgg 42660 ccagttggcc ttgttggctc cgctccagcg cggcgggcga gccacctcac cagagcgcag 42720 cagcagatgg gaagggtgtc gggttggcca ggcgtgccgg ttcggtgtgc gccgtgccgg 42780 cgtcgaacgc tacccgtgag ttatccacaa gccaagccaa accaaggccg ttaaagattt 42840 aagttaaagg gttaatacgc gcgcgcgttg ttagcgtttt gcgaggcctt gatttacctg 42900 ggctggaggg tggttctggt ccccgaagtg acgaaattgg cggtccctgg agtgacgaac 42960 cctagtcccc gaagtgacga accgacggtc cctagagtga cgaatcgtgg tcgccgaagt 43020 ggtggagcgt ttggggcgcg atattcggtg cggtccctgg agtgacgaat gcgcagataa 43080 agcccccgaa ggggctgcgg tacagttcaa acatatatga atcaatagag aaaaaccctt 43140 acacatcagt ccattgcccc cttccggtcc ctggagtgac gaattgccat gactcatgca 43200 gcgggagcgg ccttggcctt gcgtggcttc ttgataccgt tgcgcgtggc tttgagcaag 43260 gccgctttgc cggcgtcgga cttgttgaag aacaacacgg cgtcttcgtc gggcaggtag 43320 gtcatgaagt agtcgagcaa gctgccggcc tcggccagct ccttgacctt agcgcgaaac 43380 ttcttttcgg cctgggcgct tccgaccttc ttttgcagca gagccaggcc aatcttccat 43440 tggccctgat cgccgcaatg tttccggcaa agctcataga tgcgtttggc aatggcgctg 43500 cgcagcccaa aatagtcgcc cggaatggtc aacacatcca tggccttcgc ggcgttaaac 43560 gtggtgtcgg atacctttat ccgaatggcg cacatgcggt tcttggcgcc cctagtgatg 43620 atctccacgt catcgagcag gccaacccag cgacggctgc cgtcacggtc tttcgtcgac 43680 tcaaaggtgg cccgcatgcg agtaccggtg agtctgtcga aagccttgct aagcagctca 43740 tagccgcgct cgctggtact gctgcgcgtg aagctcaaaa gttcgtgagc ggtcgtctcg 43800 atagtcggtg atacggctat gccggcgttg atcgcagcca ctagcttcga tacgcaaaac 43860 agcacgatat ctttgtcatg ctgggtcgcc cgaccggcaa cgctgggagt gatctcgatt 43920 ttgttcccgt tgtgctcgta ggtgatctgc ctggtatctc cgtcttccac ggcgtagatc 43980 gggtgctcca tcgtaggtcg ctcatctttg gggatcgccg gcaggccggt cgcgatccag 44040 aaatcgagct gcgtttcgag caccactact tgtttgcgtc ccgctgaggt cttcaccgct 44100 tcgcgccctg gtgccttgtc cttcggttgc ttggcctctt cgcgtttcag ccgctccgcc 44160 gcctgctggt aggtttcgcc tggtcgtgct tcagcctcga tgcgcttgcg ccacttgtcg 44220 atgttgattg cgtcctgccc gaccaagggg cctctggccg ctggccgacg tttcggtggt 44280 ggggtggtgg ccacgtcggg gtcgatatca aacaactcat tggacgacat gctgggcctc 44340 cttgctcaga tacttgtaga tggttgttct gctgaccttg aacctggcgg ccacgtcgct 44400 cacggtcgtc aaggggtcgg ccagcagtat cttgatatcg cggatctcct tcgcgcctag 44460 cgttggcttt cgaccccctt tgcgtccccg tgcgcgggcg gcctccaggc cggccatggt 44520 tcgctcgcgg tttagttcgc gctcgtactc cgccagggtg gcgaagacgt tcaactgcat 44580 ccgcccgccc gccgtgctgg tgtcgatgtg ttcggtgagc gattcgaagc gaacctgcat 44640 ggtttccagt tgggccatga gctggagcag gtgggagaga cttcgaccga agcgggaaag 44700 ctgccatacg acaacggtgt cccctgggcg aagtgctttt agcatctgct ccagctcggg 44760 tcggttggcc ctggccccgc tgatctgttc ctcatatatc cgcgtgcaac cagcggcaat 44820 aagcgcgtcc cgctgtaggt ccaggttctg gtcctgctta ctggtccgcg catacccgat 44880 gcgcaagcca cccgtcagta tgtctagggt ggacgtgtct ttgctgctac gcatgcagtt 44940 cctccttgtc gggcttgcgg gttcctgttt gcgaacacct aatgattaca ctgaaaagtt 45000 tacgggaaag tttacagttt tgtcccaaaa aaaacgccct gggtgtcact ttcagaaggc 45060 gacagcacga aatatcaaaa gtcgaccgca cggtcttttc tgacgttgga gtcgcctcag 45120 aaaacggaaa ataaagcacg ctaaggcgta gttccctcgg gctacaccgc gtccgcactg 45180 cgcggttctt tcttcccttg cagtgacgca atcagcgggc aggaaacgtt ccccttccgc 45240 gcatggcagg cgcacaccaa atcagacagc acggcctcca tgcgcgccag gtcagccatc 45300 ctctcgcgca cgtccttgag cttgtgctcg gccaggctgc tggcttcctc gcaatgggtg 45360 ccatcctcca gccgcagcag ctcggcgatc tcatccaggc tgaagcccaa ccgctgggct 45420 gatttcacga agcgcacccg cgttacatcc gtctcgccat agcggcgaat gctgccgtaa 45480 ggcttgtccg gttccgggag caagcccttg cgctgataga accggatggt ctccacattg 45540 accccggccg tcctggcgaa aacgccaatg gtcaggttct ccaaattgtt ttccatatcg 45600 cttgactccg tacataacta cggaagtaag cttaagctat ccaattcaga ttcgaaagga 45660 caaacgtatg tctgaacctc aaaacgggcg cggcgcgctc ttcactggcg ggctggccgc 45720 catcctcgcc tcggcttgct gcctcgggcc gctggttctg atcgccttgg ggttcagcgg 45780 cgcttggatc ggcaacttga cggtgttgga accctatcgc cccatcttta tcggcgtggc 45840 gctggtggcg ttgttcttcg cctggcggcg catctaccgg ccgtcagccg cctgcaaacc 45900 gggtgaggtt tgcgcgattc cccaagtgcg agctacttac aagctcattt tctggggcgt 45960 ggccgtgctg gttttggtcg cgctcggatt tccctacgtc gtgccatttt tctattgatc 46020 acaggagttc accatgaaaa agctgctttc cgcccttgcc ctcgctgccg ttgttgcccc 46080 cgtgtgggcc gccacccaga ccgttacgct gtccgtaccg ggcatgacct gctcggcctg 46140 tccgatcact gtcaagaagg cgatttccaa ggtcgatggc gtcagtaaag ttgacgtgac 46200 cttcgagacg cgcgaagcgg tggtcacctt cgatgatgcc aagaccagcg tgcagaaact 46260 gaccaaggct accgaggatg cgggctaccc atcatcagtc aagaactgat catgaaagac 46320 ccgaagacac tgctgcgggt cagcatcatt ggcacaaccc tcgtggcgct gtgttgcttc 46380 acccctgttc tggtcatttt gctcggtgtg gtcggcttgt ccgcgctgac cggctatctg 46440 gactatgtgc tgctgcctgc gctggcgatt ttcatcggct tgaccatcta cgccatccaa 46500 cgaaaacgcc aagccgatgc ctgctgcacc ccgaaattca atggagtaaa aaaatgaccg 46560 aaatcaccgt gaatggcatg acctgcacat cctgcgccac ccatgtcaaa gatgctttgg 46620 aaaagattcc cggcgtgaat gccgctgtgg tgtcctatcc agaaagccgc gcgcaagtca 46680 tggcagacac cgccgtgagc cacaaccaac tgctggccgc catcgccgca ttgggttatc 46740 aaggctcgat ccgggttggt gatttcaaag atgaaccaaa aatccgtgat gcacttgagg 46800 gcgccggttt gcatatcgcc atcattggca gcggcggggc cgcgatggcg gcggcgctga 46860 aggccgtcga gcaaggcgcg acggtcacgc tgatcgaacg cggcaccatc ggcggcacct 46920 gcgtcaatat cggctgtgtg ccgtccaaga tcatgatccg cgctgcccat attgcccatc 46980 tgcgccggga aagtccgttc gacggcggta ttgcggcaac tgtgcctgcg attgaccgca 47040 gcaaactgct ggcccagcag caggcccgtg tcgatgaact gcggcacgcc aaatacgaag 47100 gcatcctgga cggcaatcca gccatcaccg ttttgcacgg tgaagcgcgt ttcaaggacg 47160 accagagcct ggtcgtccgt ttgaacgagg gtggcgagcg cgaggtaacg ttcgaccgct 47220 gcctggtcgc caccggtgcc agtccggccg tgccgccgat tccgggcctg aaagagtcac 47280 cctactggac ttccaccgaa gcgcttgtca gcgacaccat tcccgcacgc ctggccgtga 47340 tcggttcgtc ggtggtggcg ttggaactgg cgcaagcctt tgcccggctc ggcagccagg 47400 tcacgatcct ggcacgcagc accttgttct tccgggaaga cccggccatc ggcgaggccg 47460 tgacagccgc tttccgcgcc gagggcatcg aggtgctgga gcacacgcaa gccagccagg 47520 tcgcccatgt gaacggcgaa ttcgtgctga ccaccggaca cggtgaattg cgcgctgaca 47580 agttgctggt tgccaccggt cgggcaccga atacgcgcag cctcgcgctg gacgcggcgg 47640 gggtcactgt caatgcgcaa ggggccatcg ttatcgacca aggcatgcgc acgagcaacc 47700 cgaacatcta cgcggccggc gactgcaccg accagccgca gttcgtctac gtggcagcgg 47760 ccgccggcac ccgtgccgcg atcaacatga ccggcggcga cgcagccctc aatctgaccg 47820 cgatgccggc agtggtgttc accgacccgc aagtcgccac cgtgggctac agcgaggcgg 47880 aagcgcacca cgatggcatc gagaccgaca gtcgcacgct gacactcgac aacgttccgc 47940 gagcgcttgc caacttcgac acacgcggct tcatcaagct ggtcatcgag gaaggtagcg 48000 gacggctcat cggcgtgcag gcggtggccc cggaagcggg cgaactgatc cagacggcgg 48060 tgctcgccat ccgcaaccgc atgacggtgc aggaactggc cgaccagttg ttcccctacc 48120 tgacaatggt cgaggggttg aagcttgcgg cgcagacctt caacaaggac gtgaagcagc 48180 tttcctgctg cgctggataa aaaaaggagg ttttcaatga gcgcctacac cgtgtcccgg 48240 ctggcccttg atgccggggt gagcgtgcat atcgtgcgcg actacctgct gcgcggattg 48300 ctgcgtccgg tggcgtgcac cccgggcggc tatggcctgt tcgatgatgc cgccttgcaa 48360 cggctgtgct tcgtgcgggc ggccttcgag gcgggcatcg gcctggacgc gctggcgcgg 48420 ctgtgccggg cgctggatgc tgcggacggc gatgaagcgg ccgcgcagct tgccgttctg 48480 cgccagttcg tcgagcgtcg gcgcgaagcg ttggccgatc tggaggtgca gttggccacc 48540 atgccgaccg agccggcaca gcacgcggag agtctgccat gaacagcccc gagcgcttgc 48600 cgtccgagac gcacaaaccg atcaccggct acctgtgggg cgcgctggcc gtgctcacct 48660 gtccctgcca tttgccgatt ctcgccattg tgctggccgg cacgacggcc ggcgcgttca 48720 tcggagagta ctggggtatc gcagccctca cgctgaccgg tttgttcgtc ctgtctgtga 48780 cacgactgct gcgggccttc aaagatcgat catgagcgct tcccattgag acaaaccacg 48840 ctgtcgctac gttgcctcat gccggcatca aattcggctg agtagcttct cgccatctgg 48900 acgtagctca cccttgggtg aaacatgccg atacagggtc tgccgcgtga cgccaagttc 48960 ctggcacagg tcgccgacct tggtctctgg ctgacccatt gccgccatcg ccagccgcag 49020 cttggcggcg gtcatcttga acggccggcc gcctttccgc ccgcgcgcgc gggccgaggc 49080 taggccggca atcgtgcgct ccgcgatcaa ctcgcgctcg aactcggcca gggcggcgaa 49140 gatgccaaag accagcttgc cggcggcggt cgtggtgtcg atggccgcgc cgtgcccggt 49200 taataccttc aagccgatgc cgcgcccagt caggtcgtgc acggtgttga tgagatgtcg 49260 caggtcgcgt ccgagccgat ccagtttcca cacgaccagt gtgtcgccag ttcgcaacgc 49320 cttcaggcag ctcgtcaagc cgggccgatc ctcgcgcatg ccggatgcct ggtcctcgta 49380 aagatgtact ggatcgaccc cggcggcaat cagcgcgtcg cgctgcaaat cggtagcctg 49440 ggagccgtcc gccttcgata cccgcatgta gcctatcagc atgtcgtacc tgtcacatat 49500 acgttcgatt atgtgacagt gtgagccaga aagttctcgc cgtcaaaaac tgtcacttaa 49560 cccgtcattt agtctaagac ctgcaaacgg ccattcaggc tcgtaatgtg acaaaaactc 49620 cggcgggatg ccctccttgg tgaacgtggc gcgcaaacgt tccagggatt cggggtcgcg 49680 tcgcccgtag gacgccagtg tgaacagcaa gcgggccgtc tccgggttgt gtcgcgcttc 49740 aatgatggcc tcatcgatgg cctgggctgc tcgttgccag tggttgatgg gttccggctt 49800 cggcaccttc gccggcaggc cgttggtgaa accagtgtgc ggctccgtct gaaacagcgc 49860 ggcctgttcc ccgcgcggga tcagcgcctt tgactcgatc agcgtgatgg cggtggccgc 49920 cgcctccagc atctgccact gcaccgccgg ggccagaatc tcgtagggac gccacagact 49980 ctgcccggcg cgcagcggat ggccgcagcg ctcccagaca tggcggatgc tcgccgagca 50040 actgccgcag tgcgagagcg gcgtgttcag ctcatcaagc agggtgcgca gcagccggaa 50100 ccacaagccg gcgtggacac gccgacgcgg cagctccaca aaacccgtcg tcagcgcctg 50160 ccaggtgcgc cggtccatgc aggcgattgc gtcatcggca gggcgcggcg cagcatcggc 50220 gatttcccac tgaagatacc ggccgggcat gccccagtag gactccagcc agcagccatg 50280 ctgcgggcag ctcagcatca aggggagctg ccagacgagt agcacagctt gattcgttgg 50340 atcgttcaga cactgcggac acgcccggcg aatcgtctgg ctcggtagcc aggcacgcca 50400 gcgagtgatg gaccgcacct tgcgggtgcg cttgggcagg agcaccgcgc attggaatgt 50460 ataggtttcc aaggctgctg gtaccgaatc gtcgagactg tcgagcagcc acggcaccca 50520 gcctgcaaga ctcatgctgc gcaaccgctc cagctcgacg ccactgcgct ggcagagcgc 50580 cgtcagcaac gacaaggatg gtgcggtatc caggtcatca agttggctgt gaccaagatc 50640 gtgggccagc agctcgtgca cgtccatctg gtagcaggcg gcgacccggt tgagccatga 50700 ggacagggct tcgcttcttg gtgccggatg cagcggccag cgcggcgcgg acttcacatc 50760 agttcccgct cgaactgtcg ccgccgctca ctggggccga tgtagtcggc catgctgagc 50820 gtgcggtggt tgatcgcttc ctcgccactc tccacggcgg cgacggccgc cgccaccagc 50880 agatgtgcaa gctcgccgat ggtgccttcg ctccgggtga gcaggtagcg ggccatgtcc 50940 agcgtggcaa tcggggatgg ccgccgtagc gggagtgacg ccgcgaagct ggccagcagc 51000 gagcagcagt cctcattggc ctcccacggc ggcagcagca tcggctcgaa gcggttttcc 51060 aactgatcgt ccgaacggat ggccaggtac gcctcgcgcg tgccgacccc gaccaggggg 51120 atacgcagct cgttgccgag gaagcgcagc aggttgagga actcgcgccg gttaacgctg 51180 ttgccagcca gtacattgtg cagttcgtcg atcaccagca tgcgcacgcc gaccttgcgc 51240 agcagggcca gcgccagttg ctccatttcc ggcagccgtg ggcgcgggcg cagcggcgcg 51300 cccatcgcag ccagcagcgc gacatagaag cggatcaccg atggctctga cggcatctgc 51360 acgaccagca ccgggatatg ttcttggtca gcgtcggtgc cgaccgggtg cgcccgccgg 51420 aatttctcga cgatcatcga cttgccgttg ttggtggggc cgaccagcag caggtttggc 51480 atgcgttgct tgttcggcca cgcatacaga gtttccagcc ggttcagcgc ctcgaccgcg 51540 cgcgggtagc cgatccagcg gtcggcgcga atgcgctgga tgcgctcgtc tgccggcagc 51600 ctggccaaac cctgtgccgc tggcagcagg tgggacaggt caatgacggg atattcgtcc 51660 acggctacca ctcctcgatc tgatcgaacg gtttggccgg cggcaggttg tctgcctgcg 51720 ggtcagccat gtccacatcc ggcggtatgg gcttggccgg tggctccgac gtcttgaagt 51780 gctggcggcg atcagcgtcg cgccgcgcct tgcgcgtggc cttctgggcg gtggtcacga 51840 tctcgcgcat ctgcccgatc atgcggaaca gcgccgactc gtccacctgc tcgcgcccga 51900 gctgacgcaa tttggccagc gcctggcgtt gttcccagag ggtgacggcc ggatgggaca 51960 aggtgcggta gtggatctcc agatagtgct gaccttccgg ttccagtacc cagatgcggc 52020 tgatgtcgcg cggatcgcgc cggatcagga aggcgggcaa gcgctcgcgc cgggcaatcc 52080 acggcttgag ggcgtcggcg tagtagtgga tgtggtcgat gacaaagccg gtgcgggtca 52140 gggtgcggcg gatcaccggc aggaaatcga ccaaaaacgc ggtggggcgg gtaacgacgg 52200 ccgggacgcc aacgcgctcc acggcctcgg cccagcgcgc ggccggcggc tggagcaggc 52260 cgttgtgcac ggagccgtga taggtgccta ccgccaacgc gagccagcgc tccagctcgc 52320 gcagcgtcag ggtggccatc ttctcggaat cgtactcgcc gcgctggccg ggattggaga 52380 aggtcgtccc cggtaattcg tcgtggatca tctgcatcgc cgtgccgatg atccgttcca 52440 cgatgccgcc gtagtgcggc tggcctggtg ggcgatagtc cagccggatg ccatgctgtt 52500 cgcagccacg gcgcagcgct tcgcttttga actcggccgc gttgtccaga tagagcagcc 52560 tgggcttgcc gctcatcggc cagtccattt ccacattcag cccttccagc cagggccgct 52620 tgtcgcaggc ggcatgcgcg aggcataggc cgaccgagac ggcggacggc gcttccagcg 52680 tgaccaccat gccgagtacg cagcgcgtga acacgtcgat ggcgagggtc aaatatgggc 52740 ggccaatcgg ttgccggtcg cgctcgtcga ccacgatcag gtcgatgacg gtgtggtcga 52800 tctgcacctg ttccagcggc atggtgactt cgggcggaat gccacccgcg ccttgcaagg 52860 gacgggcagc gtcctgcccg ccccggctgc gggctatttt cgccgggtgt agtccggcaa 52920 tccgctgggc cacggtgttg cgcgccggca ccggcagctt ctgggttttg cacgcctgcg 52980 cgacttcgcg gtggaacgcc gccaggctgc gtttctgctt ggtcaggaag cgcttttgca 53040 gcagctcgcg gatgatgcgc tcgaccggtt ccggcaagcg ccccttgcct ttgccgccgc 53100 cggatcggcc gggcgtcagg tctgttacca ggccagtacc ctgccgggcg cgacggatca 53160 ggacatatac ctgtcgccgg gacaggccca gcgcttgggc tgcctcatcg gcggcttcat 53220 gcccgaccac ctcaagcgct gccagtggcc cgatgatttc cgtccggtgc cgggcttgcg 53280 cccatgcctc gtcgggcagg gtggccacgc cttgcgcggc aatcggtgga gtgtctgatg 53340 tcatgcccaa acctcgcttt ggtgcacacg agtattgagc atagtcgaga ttggtgcaga 53400 cgactcctga tattgggctg tcaggagccg tatgcacacc aggcgttaca tccagtcaga 53460 tggtgcggtc gtcttctgaa aacgacacct gatgttcgtt aaagcggttt cataaaacgg 53520 tggttttatc gtactcccca gacagagcgc tggtttgcgg gcaggtactg ggcttaagtg 53580 cgtttactgt tccattgctc cccgaacccc aatactgtgt atttgcacag tattcatgcc 53640 agccaccgcc aaacccaagc gctacaaccc ccgccacccc gaacgcactc tgctctacca 53700 aaccgtggcc gagcactacg agagctggct ggagctggct tgcgagggtc aatttgaggg 53760 ccagggcgac caccacagcc ccaagcccta cgtgcgcaaa gcgttcgaga aatatctgga 53820 gtgcggcatc ttcgcccacg gctttgcccg cgcccgctgc gacgactgcg gacacgactt 53880 cctggtcgcc ttctcgtgca aaggcagggg tgtctgcccc tcatgcaaca cccggcgcat 53940 ggctgagacg gcggcacacc tcaccgacca tgtgtttccc cgcctgccgg tgcgccagtg 54000 ggtgctgtcg gtgcccaaac ggctgcggta ctacatgcag cgagagggcc cggtgctggg 54060 catggtgctg cgcatcttcc tacgcgtcat cgcgcaaacg ctgcaagcca acagccctgg 54120 tgcggccaat gtggacaagg cagcactgca cataggcgca gtcgccttca tccaccgctt 54180 tggctccagt ctgaacgagc atgtgcactt ccatgtctgc gcagtcgatg gcgtgtttga 54240 ggaagtggcg ggcgaggagg gcgatgctgc tgatgcagct tctcaaagct caccatcgcg 54300 catcatcttc caccccgcca ccggcgtgac tgcggatgcc gtgggtcagg tgcaggccag 54360 cttacgcaaa cgcatcctgc gcgcctttgt cggacggggc ctgctggaga gtttcgaggc 54420 ccaagagatg ctgggctaca agcacagcgg gttttcggcg gacaccagcg tgtgcatagc 54480 ggcgcacgac cgcgccgggc tggagcggct gctgcgctac tgcgcccgcc cgccgtttgc 54540 catggagcgg ctgcgcaaag cgggcagcga gctggtctac cgctgcgcca agcagcacag 54600 cgagcccggc agcctgcctc acaacaagcg cggcgtaaag gccgatgaga tcaccctcac 54660 cccgctggag ctgattgaac gtatcgccaa gctggtgccc ccgccgcgca cgcaccgcca 54720 ccgctacttt ggcgtgctgg caccgaactc acccttgagg cctgccgtca cggcgctggc 54780 gcgtgatgca gcggtgaaac cggcgcaggt gcaagccgag ccagccagca cggctgcagg 54840 cgagggcgca cttggggtaa gaagcccact gccaacccag accgagcccg cccagccggt 54900 gccacccaag cgcccggcgc actatttgtg ggcggtgctg atggcccgta tctacgaggt 54960 gttcccgctg ctgtgcccca tctgcggcgg gcaaatgcac atcatcgcct tcatcacaca 55020 cagtgccgat atccgccaaa tactggagca catcggggtg gagacggagc cgccgcacat 55080 caccccggca cgcgggccgc cactgtggga cgagtgcgac gcgcaagccg cagagggcgt 55140 ggagccagcc ccagactggg atgaagcgac ccaaccggcc ccggacttcg aggtcgatca 55200 gcgcgtcagt tggtag 55216 24 19 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequenceprimer 24 gagtttgatc ctggctcag 19 25 16 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequenceprimer 25 taccttgtta cgactt 16 26 17 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial Sequenceprimer 26 gtgccagcag ymgcggt 17 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated bacterial plasmid having the nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:23.
 2. An isolated bacterial strain comprising the plasmid of claim
 1. 3. A method for the degradation of aromatic compounds comprising contacting the strain of claim 2 with an aromatic compound under suitable growth conditions wherein the aromatic compound is degraded.
 4. A method according to claim 3 wherein the aromatic compound is selected from the group consisting of catechol, methylcatechol, 4-methylcatechol, 3-chlorocatechol, 4-chlorocatechol, protocatechuate, 2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde, methyl-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde, chloro-2-hydroxymuconic-semialdehyde and 2-hydroxypent-2,4-dienoate. 